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JOHN BERNARD MCLAUGHLIN
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 21, 1920 – August 27, 1964
Service recordJohn Bernard McLaughlin, of Harrisville, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 27, 1964, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 63
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 21, 1920
- Home of record
- Harrisville, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1964
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1964; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 63
- WILLIAM R PATIENCE JRSergeant First Class · August 21, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- RICHARD THOMAS LYNCHCaptain · September 10, 1964
From Harrisville
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · March 11, 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.