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WILLIAM LEE MCLAUGHLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1948 – October 3, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lee McLaughlin, of Hookstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 68
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Hookstown, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 68
- DAVID A DISRUDSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GOMESSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- JOHN BRAYTON HARLOW JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAKE MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 70
- DONALD LEE MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 70
- VICTOR M ORNELAS-ARELLANOSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 72
- CALVIN MOORE PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 72
From Hookstown
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · December 15, 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.