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WILLIAM THOMAS MCPHAIL
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 5, 1939 – May 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Thomas McPhail, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TAC AIR SPT SQ
- Born
- June 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 22, 1968
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Aircraft
- C-130
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “23 TAC AIR SPT SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 65E, Line 14
- RICHARD AARON MCCLAINLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MUCKLEROYFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES NICHOLESPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBRIENHospitalman · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · Panel 65E, Line 4
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMSenior Master Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- CALVIN CHARLES GLOVERChief Master Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 8
- WILLIAM HENDERSON MASONColonel · Panel 65E, Line 8
- THOMAS EDWARD KNEBELChief Master Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 12
- THOMAS BARRY MITCHELLMajor · Panel 65E, Line 13
- GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.