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THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1946 – July 7, 1967
Service recordThomas Michael McLaughlin, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D BTRY 2 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 30
- JACK ANTHONY FUSONCorporal · July 7, 1967
- OLEN BURKE MCLAUGHLINMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- GLENN ROY OGBURNCorporal · July 7, 1967
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 1968
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.