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CHARLES MCMAHON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1953 – April 29, 1975
Service recordCharles McMahon JR, of Woburn, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 124
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Correctional Specialist (5831)
- Unit (as recorded)
- EMBAS MAR DET 3 MAF
- Born
- May 10, 1953
- Home of record
- Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1975
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1975; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 124
- DARWIN LEE JUDGELance Corporal · April 29, 1975
- WILLIAM CRAIG NYSTULCaptain · April 29, 1975
- MICHAEL JOHN SHEAFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1975
- JIMMY P BLACKSergeant · May 13, 1975
From Woburn
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- RUSSELL WILLIS NOYESLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 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.