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DANIEL P MCLAUGHLIN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – January 20, 1968
Service recordDaniel P McLaughlin JR, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 84
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- PHILIP M CIRILLOSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED COLLINSPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SOLOMON KALUA JRCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 88
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.