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JOHN P MCGONIGAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordJohn P McGonigal JR, of Belle Harbor, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Belle Harbor, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 27
- OCTAVIO MOLINA-ROSARIOPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- GARY FREDRICK MYERSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FERNANDO CALLE-ZULUAGASergeant · Panel 59E, Line 20
- ARTHUR LEROY DAVISCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 20
- PAUL RODRIGUEZ LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
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.