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FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1942 – February 10, 1969
Service recordFrederick J McLaughlin, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 8
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- MICHAEL LESTER NESSPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- SAMUEL JOSEPH PARRISHPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON PHALP JRPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GILMER GARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 5
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 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.