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ROY RAYMOND MADDUX JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1949 – February 28, 1968
Service recordRoy Raymond Maddux JR, of Independence, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 68
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Independence, California (Inyo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 68
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KERRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
From Independence
- JAMES DOUGLAS BIRCHIMCaptain · November 15, 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.