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JAMES PAUL MCLAUGHLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1942 – September 25, 1967
Service recordJames Paul McLaughlin, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1942
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 10
- CLIFFORD WARREN GIBBSCorporal · September 25, 1967
- GEORGE EARL GLENN JRCorporal · September 25, 1967
- KENNETH LESLIE GREENLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · September 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ARCHULETASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 8
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 9
- RICHARD DEE HENREYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 10
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 13
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 14
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.