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JAMES HAROLD MCMAHON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1950 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJames Harold McMahon, of Newton, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Newton, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 5
- STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIESecond Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- CHARLES NELSONPrivate · June 9, 1969
From Newton
- RUPERT SADLER CARVEN IIILance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT T STEINSIECK JRLance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK FLOOD JRSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN BUTLER MURRAYCorporal · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- FREDERICK J MCLAUGHLINSpecialist Four · February 10, 1969
- ARTHUR STROYMANPrivate · August 20, 1969
- PAUL HUBERT DUNNE JRCorporal · November 19, 1969
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.