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JAMES BRUCE MCLAUGHLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 3, 1948 – April 16, 1971
Service recordJames Bruce McLaughlin, of Bangor, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 129
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Bangor, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 129
- CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNESPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · April 16, 1971
- ULMER JOE WATSONSergeant · April 16, 1971
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- REX MARTIN DANIELSCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 128
- CHARLES DENNIS MCGINNESPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 129
- PAUL COBURN SAWTELLECaptain · Panel 4W, Line 129
From Bangor
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- CHARLES EDGAR STUARTStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- WALTER FORREST MERRICKLieutenant Commander · October 26, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS CALLINANMajor · November 11, 1966
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- CHARLES E SULLIVAN JRCorporal · June 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER UMELPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EDWARD LEONARD MANN JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MCHUGHCorporal · September 8, 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.