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WALTER LAWRENCE MAURER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – November 1, 1970
Service recordWalter Lawrence Maurer, of Whittier, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 33
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL ROHLINGERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1970
- ERHARD JIMMIE ADAMSSergeant · November 2, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE AULTMANSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.