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ROY FRANCIS MAAS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 17, 1947 – April 18, 1969
Service recordRoy Francis Maas, of Lyle, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Lyle, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 1
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MOREHOUSESergeant · April 1, 1969
- LARRY JACK LUCASSergeant · April 18, 1969
- JOHN PAUL LYONCaptain · April 18, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 1969
- VICTOR LANE MILLSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALEXANDER BAKASpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 105
- CHARLES CHANDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 106
- THOMAS M FITZPATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 108
- DANIEL MICHAEL LEAHYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 109
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · Panel 26W, Line 1
- ROBERT LEROY MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- JOSEPH EDWARD MORROW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 2
- RONALD EUGENE PONGRATZSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 3
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.