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MARLIN E MCCAHAN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 10, 1936 – June 24, 1964
Service recordMarlin E McCahan, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 10, 1936
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1964
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1964. In June 1964, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 55
- JIMMY CARTWRIGHTCaptain · June 23, 1964
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- JAMES PAIGE WRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 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.