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JOHN MURL MCDAID
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – January 19, 1970
Service recordJohn Murl McDaid, of Ithaca, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Ithaca, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 47
- WARD NORTON IIISpecialist Five · January 19, 1970
- OSCAR FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · January 19, 1970
- MEL ERNEST SALAZAR JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1970
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SCHRADERLance Corporal · January 19, 1970
From Ithaca
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · September 10, 1968
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.