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RICHARD LEE MAYNARD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – December 14, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Maynard JR, of Athens, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 121
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Athens, Pennsylvania (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 121
- KENNETH HARLEN LOVESpecialist Four · December 14, 1970
- DENNIS RALPH MORENOCorporal · December 14, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM RUCKERSergeant · December 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROBERT BRASSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 119
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 6W, Line 120
- STEVE FREDDIE JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 120
- JEFFERY DAVID KUERSTENSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 120
- KENNETH HARLEN LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 121
From Athens
- DONALD MULLALY HORTONPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.