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JOHN JOSEPH MCMONEGAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 2, 1948 – August 29, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph McMonegal JR, of Girardville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Girardville, Pennsylvania (Schuylkill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 64
- PETER STEVEN MARTINEZSpecialist Four · August 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MUSER IISergeant · August 29, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 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.