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KEVIN JOSEPH MCARDLE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1950 – August 18, 1968
Service recordKevin Joseph McArdle, of Albany, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 46
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NELSONSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES ONEILLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
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.