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JAMES H MCNEILLY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – June 22, 1969
Service recordJames H McNeilly, of Scotia, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 113
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Scotia, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 113
- JAMES EDWARD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- WALTER RAY MILLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES PARMERTERCaptain · June 22, 1969
- RICHARD RAMOSPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
From Scotia
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- RONALD MILLER FEROWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES JAMROLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID STEPHEN VOLLMERLance Corporal · November 17, 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.