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MICHAEL PAUL MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 8, 1947 – April 6, 1968
Service recordMichael Paul McLaughlin, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 31
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 31
- EDWARD ALBERT MCGRATHCorporal · April 6, 1968
- TIMOTHY JAMES NIGHTENGALEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY NITKAStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- DEAN GILMAN OWENSpecialist Five · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MICHAEL WOLPERTSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 37
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.