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WILLIAM LAWRE MCLAUGHLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1946 – December 28, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lawre McLaughlin, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1946
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 93
- CARY NEALPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- RONALD KENNETH SCHMIDLance Corporal · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 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.