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CARL THOMAS MCCOY JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordCarl Thomas McCoy JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 10
- JAMES RAY MULLINSLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE MYERSPrivate · May 29, 1968
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · May 29, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.