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MICHAEL GREGORY MCGILL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1950 – August 25, 1969
Service recordMichael Gregory McGill, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 114
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
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 114
- DAVID MICHAEL MILLERHospitalman · August 25, 1969
- DAVID ELLSWORTH NELSONLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE PARMLEYHospitalman · August 25, 1969
- RAYMOND JAMES PORTERPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.