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MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1946 – October 17, 1966
Service recordMichael John McGonagle, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 81
- EDWARD JOSEPH CORCORANCorporal · October 17, 1966
- GARETH JOHN DEALSpecialist Five · October 17, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS DEBARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 81
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 81
- WILLIAM M HUBERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 82
From Lewiston
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 1969
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.