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JAMES BARRY MCGILL
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 6, 1944 – May 25, 1967
Service recordJames Barry McGill, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 105
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- September 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 105
- RICHARD CAMPBELL GRAVESEnsign · May 25, 1967
- HARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
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.