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JOHN JAMES MCCLOSKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1936 – May 10, 1966
Service recordJohn James McCloskey, of Blue Earth, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cryptographic Center Specialist (72D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Blue Earth, Minnesota (Faribault County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 45
- CSABA FERENC BOROMISSZALance Corporal · May 10, 1966
- TEE WALLACE DECKERSeaman · May 10, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PATRICK CHARLES MCCLUSKEYCorporal · May 10, 1966
From Blue Earth
- RONALD THOMAS OKEEFESpecialist Four · November 1, 1964
- GEORGE LEO STOLTZMANCorporal · November 29, 1965
- BILLY DEAN HOOPERFireman · December 6, 1965
- RICHARD HENRY KRUMMCorporal · May 16, 1967
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.