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DENNIS RAY MCCOY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1948 – May 3, 1968
Service recordDennis Ray McCoy, of Moab, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 27
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
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Moab, Utah (Grand County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 27
- JAMES ARTHUR LANIERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MANSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- BOBBY LYN MCKAINChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 3, 1968
From Moab
- GEORGE LAWRENCE HUBLERCaptain · February 23, 1968
- DICK HOOTEN CHRISTENSENPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- FREDERICK DON SNYDERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 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.