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JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1944 – November 18, 1965
Service recordJohn Frederick McDermott, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 22, 1944
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 100
- RONALD HENRY CHITTUMSergeant · November 18, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- LINDSEY HOUSTON CROWChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1965
- LOUIS SAM GUTIERREZSergeant · November 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LINDSEY HOUSTON CROWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3E, Line 100
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
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.