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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James William McNally.

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JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLY

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

May 7, 1912 – October 23, 1963

Service record

James William McNally, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 32

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 7, 1912
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 23, 1963
Age
51
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1963; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 32

From Los Angeles

All 540 names from Los Angeles →

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.