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Cpl Charles McMahon

Marine Security Guard Battalion
MSG Detachment
Saigon - 1975



Woburn, Ma






Detachments: Saigon 1975
MOS:
OCCUPATION:

USMC Bio:


Exerpt from : Dreaming of a White Christmas / by Sgt Steve A. Davis
 

  “I stayed up that night, and at around 0200 on the 29th walked around to check on the Marines at their posts,” said Sgt. Ted Murray, who arrived at the Saigon detachment the previous December.  “Almost all of them smiled and asked for some sleep, something that we all needed, but they were Marines – Embassy Marines -- and they knew their job.”

  The last MSGs Murray visited were Lance Cpl. Darwin Judge and Cpl. Charles McMahon Jr., who assumed their Post 1 positions at midnight.  At approximately 3:30 a.m., a series of randomly-launched rockets began pounding the air base.  As Marines poured from their quarters and began to assess the situation, it was discovered that Post 1, the closest position to the main gate, had taken a direct hit.  The two MSGs manning this position, Judge and McMahon, had been killed during the attack and subsequently became the last U.S. service members to die as a result of enemy fire on Vietnamese soil (See sidebar.)





Additional Information:
http://fallofsaigon.org/mcmahon.htm
http://www.homeofheroes.com/myhero/CPL_Charles_McMahon_Jr.html
http://www.virtualwall.org/dm/McmahonCx01a.htm
http://xaosearch.com/1968277/The_Fall_of_Saigon.html?&pagenum=2
http://members.tripod.com/~kclocke/judge.html
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/4/29/42122
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/04/26/national/printable188943.shtml
Fall of Saigon e-history;  Company-C Roster 1975
Boy Scouts Honor Page
USMC Helecopter Association

Operation Frequent Wind / Chris Woods (Crew Chief)







Subject
MEGA Profile
Item Type
Profile
Item Number
HP_MEGA_2003_Rapp
Location of Master
MEGA
Contact
TBD


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Norm Thompson

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