James Thomas Egan Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromMountainside New Jersey
Date of DeathJanuary 21 1966
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Egan was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. On January 21, 1966, he was declared missing when his unit came under fire about 15 miles southwest of Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.