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PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1937 – June 6, 1965
Service recordPaul Francis McNally, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 1
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- January 7, 1937
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 1
- GARY DALE TRACYCorporal · June 6, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- JAMES OTIS CRABTREECorporal · June 7, 1965
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
From Fitchburg
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 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.