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JAMES FRANCIS MCGOEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1944 – June 2, 1967
Service recordJames Francis McGoey, of Westchester, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 36
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 Senior Sergeant (11Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Westchester, New York (Bronx County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 36
- DENNIS EUGENE HOFFMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MARSHSergeant · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- JOE MOYALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Westchester
- HUGH FRANCIS WINTERHALTERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- LEE WILLIAM CLORECorporal · January 11, 1971
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.