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WILLIAM EDGAR MCGUIRE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 21, 1929 – December 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edgar McGuire, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 86
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Interrogator (96C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 568 MED CO 61 MED BN 43 MED GRP 44 MED BDE
- Born
- December 21, 1929
- Home of record
- Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; five of them were lost in Darlac Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 86
- GERALD GREYDON MCGINLEYLance Corporal · December 28, 1968
- STEVEN J PERRYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
- THOMAS PAYNE PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1968
- STEPHEN CHESTER PONTY JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
From Moultrie
- ROY LYNWOOD MURPHYLance Corporal · May 29, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS ELRODPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- MAX EUGENE SLOANLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSONMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1967
- BRUCE CROCKLIN ALFREDPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR WILCOX JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- BILLY HUGH HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · November 22, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN LEWISCorporal · July 3, 1969
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.