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WILLIAM LAWRENCE MCMAHON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1944 – February 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lawrence McMahon, of Fredericktown, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Fredericktown, Ohio (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 27
- DANIEL ALAN NELSONLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- MICHAEL WARREN NORMANLance Corporal · February 19, 1968
- BILLY RAYVON NORRISPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- CHARLES EMMETTE OLSONPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1968
From Fredericktown
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · November 9, 1966
- GUY VICTOR FEARNSergeant · May 12, 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.