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ALBERT MCCOY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1945 – April 29, 1971
Service recordAlbert McCoy JR, of Friendship, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Friendship, Ohio (Scioto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 18
- WILLIAM GEORGE HASSELMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1971
- ROBERT LESTER LONGWarrant Officer 1 · April 29, 1971
- DENNIS EDWARD MORGANCaptain · April 29, 1971
- PATRICK OREILLY ORRStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1971
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.