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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Hugh John McCormack.

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HUGH JOHN MCCORMACK

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

March 1, 1944 – February 26, 1967

Service record

Hugh John McCormack, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 15E · Line 98

Position of Panel 15E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
25 INF DIV
Born
March 1, 1944
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 26, 1967
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; 24 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 15E, Line 98

Same unit, same day

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.