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WILLIAM EDWARD MCGUIGON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward McGuigon, of Woodlyn, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Woodlyn, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 12
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- STANLEY ROY KILTON JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- LOUIS CLEVELAND KIMBRELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- GEORGE LESTER MYERS JRPetty Officer Third Class · June 28, 1968
From Woodlyn
- ROBERT JAMES SCHATZMANPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- GARY RICHARD BUTTSCorporal · May 25, 1969
- JOHN JEROME MILLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 25, 1971
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.