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RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRussell Frank McLaughlin, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 97
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- LARUS WAYNE ROLANDWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES RUBINSMajor · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD KOVALCSIKCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 93
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 94
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 95
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 98
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM IILieutenant · December 17, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
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.