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JOHN FRANCIS MCCABE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – November 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Francis McCabe, of Highland Falls, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Highland Falls, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 109
- RICHARD K FINSTERWALDERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- ANTHONY TONY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
- THOMAS J MAYERFirst Lieutenant · November 22, 1966
- DOCK JEFFERSON PINIONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD K FINSTERWALDERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 109
- ANTHONY TONY MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 109
From Highland Falls
- JOHN A HOTTELL IIIMajor · July 7, 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.