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JOSEPH MCGUCKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1950 – October 5, 1970
Service recordJoseph McGuckin, of Apopka, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Apopka, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 114
- ANDRES MORENO JRPrivate · October 5, 1970
- ELPIDIO J RAVELO-TORIBIOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES RAYPrivate First Class · October 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL HOPESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 113
From Apopka
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EUGENE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM CARTERMajor · April 24, 1972
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.