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WILLIAM JAMES MASKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1945 – March 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam James Maske, of Albemarle, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 71
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Albemarle, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28W, Line 71
- DENNIS GEORGE JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- WILLIAM PAUL JUSTICECaptain · March 28, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK LANDRYLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 67
- ROGER JOSEPH DUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 68
- FRED LEE GABBINSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- GEORGE KENNETH GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 70
- DUSTAN WILLIAM MEEKSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 71
- GARY WARREN GROWPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 72
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- LON ARNOLD SPURLOCK IILieutenant Colonel · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- JOHN WRIGHT SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 76
- ROBERT LESTER WEIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 77
From Albemarle
- HENRY FONZO SMITHSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- HARRY LAMAR BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- RICHARD LEE SICKLESCorporal · May 12, 1969
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
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.