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OLEN BURKE MCLAUGHLIN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 24, 1927 – July 7, 1967
Service recordOlen Burke McLaughlin, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 30
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 ACO SQ
- Born
- December 24, 1927
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 30
- JACK ANTHONY FUSONCorporal · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- GLENN ROY OGBURNCorporal · July 7, 1967
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.