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JAMES MICHAEL MCDONOUGH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1951 – April 22, 1970
Service recordJames Michael McDonough, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 38
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1951
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 38
- THOMAS ALAN MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- THOMAS MILLSAP IIISpecialist Four · April 22, 1970
- CHARLES STODDARD ROWLEYColonel · April 22, 1970
- DON RUSSELL SCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · April 22, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.