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JOHN BUNCE MCHALE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1943 – October 26, 1965
Service recordJohn Bunce McHale, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 136
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmr (Aw) Multi Place (7307)
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 136
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GENDEBIENFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1965
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- WILLIAM JENNINGS TEBOWCaptain · October 26, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.