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JAMES STEVEN MCGOUGH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1951 – February 8, 1971
Service recordJames Steven Mcgough, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1971, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Born
- February 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Fort Dodge, Iowa
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Added to the Wall
- 2016
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1971. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 45
- STEVEN RUDOLPH WHITESpecialist Four · March 13, 1971
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- JOE LYNN AVANTSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · March 14, 1971
- BOBBY JENE FIELDSSpecialist Five · March 14, 1971
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2016, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.