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MITCHELL LEE MCGUIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordMitchell Lee McGuire, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 66W, Line 10
- HERCULES LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- JIMMY LEE MOORELance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- MICHAEL MURPHYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE PETERSONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WALLACE BURRCorporal · Panel 66W, Line 3
- RICHARD FERRALEZCorporal · Panel 66W, Line 7
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.