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DWAING USRY MCGIFF
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1935 – September 7, 1970
Service recordDwaing Usry McGiff, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 984 ENG CO 62 ENG BN
- Born
- December 19, 1935
- Home of record
- Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 51
- GARY RALPH FRIENDSergeant · September 9, 1970
- WILFORD AVON YOUNGSergeant · September 9, 1970
- MERRITT ADAMSSergeant · September 10, 1970
- JOHN J ARTEAGALance Corporal · September 10, 1970
- BRUCE ARNOLD BAINCorporal · September 10, 1970
From Cullman
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- RONALD DAVID LOVELADYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.