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JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – October 8, 1967
Service recordJohn William McMaster, of Merced, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 74
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Merced, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 74
- BERNIE CHARLE KRIDLER IIIPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- TERRANCE HENRY LARSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOHN SANFORD MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- ROBERT DWAYNE NELSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 67
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 68
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 69
- JACK DEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 70
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 70
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- JEFFERY DONALD FLOURNOYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 71
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 71
- JOHN H HARDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- ROBERT W HEBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 72
- DEMETRIO LOMELI HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 73
- SCOTT ANDREW CHRISTOFFERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 77
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
From Merced
- JUAN BORJA VALTIERRALance Corporal · January 5, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- JAMMIE VAN FRANKLINStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM E LAWSONMaster Sergeant · September 9, 1967
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY REEDY JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 16, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- RALPH HENRY PADILLAPrivate · June 12, 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.