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PAUL MCGAUGHEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1946 – December 5, 1966
Service recordPaul McGaughey JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 14
- THOMAS J GRAGNANISpecialist Four · December 5, 1966
- ROYAL TINDORF KRELLSpecialist Five · December 5, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- JERREL CARL MORTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY M BARNHILLPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 13
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.