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JOHN FRANCIS MCNAMARA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 23, 1943 – October 19, 1967
Service recordJohn Francis McNamara, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 41
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 41
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FRED ERNEST MACGEARYFirst Lieutenant · October 19, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE MCMILLANLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- GARY PAT POLLEYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1967
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.