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MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1948 – February 18, 1967
Service recordMark Michael McLaughlin, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 59
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 59
- STEPHEN ALAN MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JERRY RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS ODOMPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 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.