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CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARY
Private · U.S. Army
October 3, 1939 – February 24, 1963
Service recordCharles Wayman McCary, of Leighton, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Born
- October 3, 1939
- Home of record
- Leighton, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1963
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1963. In February 1963, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 19
- CRAIG BENTON WOLFORDSergeant First Class · February 14, 1963
- ODES WINSTON JEFFERSSpecialist Five · February 28, 1963
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
From Leighton
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · May 28, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
- ROBERT EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.