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WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACK
Private · U.S. Army
September 25, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward McCormack, of Woburn, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 25
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 25
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- EDWARD RAY SARGENTCorporal · September 2, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY FUTOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 23
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 25
From Woburn
- JOSEPH LAWRENCE DREWPrivate First Class · December 27, 1965
- WILLIAM COOLEYSergeant · February 9, 1966
- EDWARD STEPHEN OBRIENSeaman · December 4, 1967
- RUSSELL WILLIS NOYESLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- CHARLES LEO ONEILL JRCorporal · July 19, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GERRISHHospitalman · September 7, 1968
- JOHN RALPH FRONGILLOWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES MCMAHON JRCorporal · April 29, 1975
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.