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Alfred Maybach Jr. was the son of Army Captain Alfred Maybach. In the Philippines, he attended Bishop Brent’s school in Baguio. Upon the death of his parents, he lived with family in Rhode Island, attended Stanton Preparatory Academy and graduated from the New York Military Academy in Cornwall, New York.

Appointed to the Military Academy from Rhode Island, he graduated as a second lieutenant in the Infantry and was assigned to the 13th Infantry Battalion at Fort Devens Massachusetts. While stationed at Fort Devens, he married Katharine S. Howland of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and his son Alfred A. Maybach, III was born. In September 1939, the 18th Infantry Brigade, of which the 13th Infantry Battalion was a part, was ordered to the Panama Canal Department and stationed at Fort Davis. In 1940, Lieutenant Maybach transferred to the Coast Artillery (the branch of the Army in which his father had served) and was assigned to the 82nd Coast Artillery at Fort Randolph, Panama Canal Zone, as a Battery Commander. In June 1940, he was promoted to first lieutenant and in September to temporary captain. Having transferred back to the Infantry, he reported to the 51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division at Pine Camp, New York, in December 1941. In June 1942, he was promoted to major, having become the battalion commander. In December 1942, his daughter Katharine S. Maybach was born. He also was promoted to lieutenantAppointed to the Military Academy from Rhode Island, he graduated as a second lieutenant in the Infantry and was assigned to the 13th Infantry Battalion at Fort Devens Massachusetts. While stationed at Fort Devens, he married Katharine S. Howland of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and his son Alfred A. Maybach, III was born. In September 1939, the 18th Infantry Brigade, of which the 13th Infantry Battalion was a part, was ordered to the Panama Canal Department and stationed at Fort Davis. In 1940, Lieutenant Maybach transferred to the Coast Artillery (the branch of the Army in which his father had served) and was assigned to the 82nd Coast Artillery at Fort Randolph, Panama Canal Zone, as a Battery Commander. In June 1940, he was promoted to first lieutenant and in September to temporary captain. Having transferred back to the Infantry, he reported to the 51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division at Pine Camp, New York, in December 1941. In June 1942, he was promoted to major, having become the battalion commander. In December 1942, his daughter Katharine S. Maybach was born. He also was promoted to lieutenantcolonel that month. The 4th Armored Division’s training took him to the Desert Training Center, Needles California; Fort Hood Texas; and, in December 1943, overseas to England.In early July 1944, the 4th Armored Division crossed the English Channel into France and then crossed France to the German border during the remainder of the year. Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A. Maybach, Jr., died of wounds received in action in Eastern France in the first days of November 1944.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey France.