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THOMAS W MCMAHON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordThomas W McMahon JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 111
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 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 “A CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 111
- EDWARD JAMES MCCUNELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCGARRYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 98
- WARREN HARVEY GRANT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 102
- WILLIAM LUTHER STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 115
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.