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THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
November 5, 1939 – September 28, 1965
Service recordThomas Edward McMahan JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 97
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · September 28, 1965
- CARL JULIUS WOODSLieutenant Commander · September 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 97
From Greenville
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 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.