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DAVID MICHAEL MCCORD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 10, 1949 – December 23, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael McCord, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 70
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 10, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 70
- RICHARD RAY MEIGGSFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- WILLIAM TURNER OVERCASHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1968
- DONALD WARREN SENTMANFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1968
- FRANCIS CRAIG SOLLERSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.