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JOHN EDDIE MCGUIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1950 – August 15, 1970
Service recordJohn Eddie McGuire, of Walls, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 115
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)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Walls, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 115
- HERBERT MICHAEL HADDENSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
- FREDERICK E HUTTIE IIIStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1970
- JAMES WASHINGTON MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 15, 1970
- PETER ALDEN SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · August 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT MICHAEL HADDENSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 115
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.