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JAMES PATRICK MCGRATH
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
March 14, 1931 – February 1, 1967
Service recordJames Patrick McGrath, of West Sayville, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 1, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 104
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Equipment Operator (EO)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 14, 1931
- Home of record
- West Sayville, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 104
- ROBERT CHARLES KERIPrivate First Class · February 1, 1967
- ERVIN LEONARD LAIRDSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MARTINSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- RICHARD P MCSTRAVICK JRCorporal · February 1, 1967
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.