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KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1947 – October 24, 1966
Service recordKirk Alvis McLaughlin, of Cottonwood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 103
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 103
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KENNETH DALE MCCOINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- DENNIS ALVIN MCKELLARPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
From Cottonwood
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DUVALSpecialist Four · May 30, 1970
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
- ROBERT LEE DENMARKSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.