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CHARLES D MCGONIGLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – December 19, 1972
Service recordCharles D McGonigle, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 129
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Linebacker II was under way. In Linebacker II (18–29 December 1972), B-52s and fighter-bombers struck Hanoi and Haiphong for eleven days; fifteen B-52s were lost to SA-2 missiles before North Vietnam returned to the Paris talks.
Read the history
Also on Panel 3W, Line 129
- DUANE CRUMSpecialist Six · August 12, 1971
- GARY LEE HOLIANSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- ERIC STEVEN KELLYSpecialist Four · August 12, 1971
- LAWRENCE LEE KELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 12, 1971
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1971
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.