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THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – December 5, 1969
Service recordThomas Mark McMahon JR, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 70 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 29
- ROGER LYNN MCRIGHTSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATTFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1969
- DANIEL ALLEN PETERSSergeant · December 5, 1969
- RUBEN DWIGHT REESEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
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.