MCMAHON, CHARLES JR.

Rem Ret 06/10/75
02/22/76 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV

Name: Charles McMahon Jr.
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps/E4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 10 May 1953
Home City of Record: WOBURN MA
Date of Loss: 29 April 1975
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 104500 North  1064000 East
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. 2020

REMARKS:

02/22/76 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV

CACCF-GROUND/ARTILLERY/ROCKET/BIEN HOA Rem Ret 06/10/75

No further information available at this time.

 

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CPL CHARLES MCMAHON

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On February 26, 1976, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILH, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Charles McMahon, missing from the Vietnam War.

Corporal McMahon joined the U.S. Marine Corps from Massachusetts and was a member of the Marine Security Guard Battalion stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, adjacent to Tan Son Nhut Air Base. On April 29, 1975, he was killed by an enemy rocket that hit his position outside of the embassy. His remains were taken to the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Saigon; however, they were not recovered during the U.S. evacuation from Saigon the next day. In February 1976, the Vietnamese government returned Cpl McMahon's remains to U.S. custody. 

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