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THOMAS VINCENT MAYBURY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1949 – February 17, 1968
Service recordThomas Vincent Maybury, of Chamblee, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 74
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Chamblee, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 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 39E, Line 74
- DENNIS JAY LULOFSSergeant · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD MARTINAirman · February 17, 1968
- THOMAS OTIS MEEKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
From Chamblee
- CHARLES HOWARD RAMPLEYSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- LARRY RICHARD TODDSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · August 7, 1968
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · September 26, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- WOLFRAM J KRETSCHMANNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- BILLY GENE CREECHFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES ALTON COWAN JRSergeant · June 18, 1969
- MAJOR BOONE MORGAN JRCorporal · August 21, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
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.