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JAMES THOMAS MCMASTER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – April 15, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas McMaster, of Rosiclare, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 6
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Rosiclare, Illinois (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 6
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- JAMES ELLSWORTH NICOLAISENPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH OBRIENSecond Lieutenant · April 15, 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.