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CHARLES LARRY MCMAHAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 6, 1945 – February 23, 1969
Service recordCharles Larry McMahan, of Jefferson, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Jefferson, South Carolina (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 12
- MICHAEL RICHARD MCCABEPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RONALD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- REID MCDONALD NANEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- WINFORD ALLEN NASSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
From Jefferson
- JACK NEECE LOUALLENPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
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.