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ROBERT HOWARD MAGGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1948 – October 1, 1971
Service recordRobert Howard Maggs, of Lahaska, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 32
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lahaska, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 32
- THOMAS RODGERS STANSBURYWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1971
- HALTON RAMSEY VINCENTCaptain · September 30, 1971
- JEFFERY LYNN WRIGHTSpecialist Four · September 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD ELDREDStaff Sergeant · October 1, 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.