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JOHN EDWARD MCMAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1945 – May 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward McMahan, of Marion, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Marion, North Carolina (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 30
- THOMAS DELL EASTMANPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HARTLEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL KOVARSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- MACHUGHLEN MEECESpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
From Marion
- GETER ALFRED HENSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- JERRY WILLIAM GILLIANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- DWIGHT EDGAR MOONEYSergeant · August 8, 1968
- BILL FRED WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- JAMES ALEX JENKINSCorporal · May 20, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
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.