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JAMES GERALD MCGOVERN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1947 – July 29, 1967
Service recordJames Gerald McGovern, of Riverdale, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 35
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGAirman · July 29, 1967
- BRIAN DUAINE MCCONAHAYAirman · July 29, 1967
- RONALD DEAN MCILRAVYStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- RONALD LEE MCJUNKINLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
From Riverdale
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 1970
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.