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DAVID LOREN MCGILL
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 6, 1949 – April 19, 1969
Service recordDavid Loren McGill, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 11
- ARTHUR FRANKLIN HENDERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- ROY THOMAS MOSSCorporal · April 19, 1969
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
- THEODORE S ROLSTADLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 6
- JAMES CHARLES CROSECorporal · Panel 26W, Line 7
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
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.