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HAROLD F MCGAHA
Captain · U.S. Army
October 13, 1940 – January 21, 1968
Service recordHarold F McGaha, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1940
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 8
- GERALD LEROY MCKINSEY JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 21, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES RAMSAYLieutenant Colonel · January 21, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- JOSEPH PHILLIP SEYMOELieutenant Colonel · January 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WALLACE KNIGHTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 7
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 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.