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JOHN ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – May 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Robert McLaughlin, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 51
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Scranton, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 51
- JOHN HOLMES LINNPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- STEPHEN RAY LOPEMANPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- LONZIA RAY MOOREPrivate · May 11, 1969
- R C MYERSSergeant · May 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JAMES CARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 46
From Scranton
- JOHN FREDERICK ASHMANLance Corporal · December 23, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH HINCEWICZStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- RICHARD HERMAN SCHMIDTMajor · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BUCKLEYStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- WILLIAM PAUL FAHEYPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES JOHN MURPHYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1967
- DAVID THOMAS ROZELLELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CAWLEYCaptain · April 25, 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.