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ROBERT BRUCE MADDOX
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1945 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Bruce Maddox, of Macon, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Macon, Missouri (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 13
- EDWARD MONROE HOLTZMANSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- LONNIE ELWOOD HOOPAUGHPetty Officer Second Class · February 11, 1969
- JAMES EUGENE KIRBYWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1969
- HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE JRMajor · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RONALD LEE GROVESSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 12
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 17
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
From Macon
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ANSPACHMaster Sergeant · September 11, 1967
- NOBLE THOMAS HEADSpecialist Four · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD LEE REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1970
- ROGER LEE CHRISTENSENSpecialist Four · December 5, 1971
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.