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ROBERT FRANKLIN MAURER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1949 – August 29, 1969
Service recordRobert Franklin Maurer, of Green River, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 7
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Green River, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 7
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- LOUIS VINCENT HERMANN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1969
- RICHARD DIDACUS KRUPAFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- DOYLE ANTHONY MORRISCorporal · August 29, 1969
From Green River
- BRUCE ALLAN JENSENLieutenant Colonel · August 27, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- DENNIS DWAIN KINGFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- BENNETT EDWARD EVANSSergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
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.