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ALOYSIUS PAUL MCGONIGAL
Major · U.S. Army
November 8, 1921 – February 17, 1968
Service recordAloysius Paul McGonigal, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 8, 1921
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 75
- CHARLES PAUL HEADLEYSpecialist Four · February 17, 1968
- JAMES EARL HONEYCUTTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- RONALD LENEAR MCELROYPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- JAMES FREDRICK MEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.