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JOHN EDWIN CHARLE MULCAHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Edwin Charle Mulcahy, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 48
- CHARLES LONNELL MCLAURINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- WOODROW WILSON PARKER IIMajor · April 24, 1968
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LESTER TIMOTHY WALKERSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
- CURTIS RONALD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.