The Wall › Panel 13E › Georgia › David Edward McRae
DAVID EDWARD MCRAE
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
November 30, 1938 – December 2, 1966
Service recordDavid Edward McRae, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on December 2, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 6
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 154 USS CORAL SEA CVA 43
- Born
- November 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 6
- GEORGE WOOD ALEXANDERLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- J C KELSEYAirman First Class · December 2, 1966
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY MONROE OLEARYTechnical Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
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.