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ROBERT JAMES MAXWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – August 9, 1967
Service recordRobert James Maxwell, of Fresno, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 96
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- CECIL BERNARD NICKENSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 93
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 97
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 97
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
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.