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DAVID LE ROY MCRAE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1943 – August 31, 1968
Service recordDavid Le Roy McRae, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Counterintelligence Specialist (0211)
- Born
- February 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 16
- MAGNUS CARL NIELSENPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- JOHN PANAK JRStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- LARRY HART PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE SANVILLEPetty Officer Third Class · August 31, 1968
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SMITHCorporal · November 27, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
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.