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JAMES M MCDONOUGH JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 29, 1939 – August 2, 1966
Service recordJames M McDonough JR, of Portland, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1939
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 99
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- EARL MELTON JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 100
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 102
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 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.