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JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGAL
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 3, 1931 – April 14, 1971
Service recordJames Howard Macdougal, of Waterford, Connecticut, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 14, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 124
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Waterford, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 124
- RODGER HYLER MITCHELLPrivate · April 14, 1971
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · April 14, 1971
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RONALD LEE SANBOWERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1971
From Waterford
- RALPH JOHN PARKER JRCorporal · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- DAVID ALAN ROGERSSergeant · February 20, 1970
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
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.