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DON RAY MCINTIRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1949 – February 16, 1970
Service recordDon Ray McIntire, of Bennington, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Bennington, Oklahoma (Bryan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 20
- EDEWIN CLEO HARMONCorporal · February 16, 1970
- DONALD WILLIAM MORINLance Corporal · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURPHYSergeant · February 16, 1970
- EDWARD YEELance Corporal · February 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 18
From Bennington
- ARTHUR LEON LAUDERDALESpecialist Five · January 7, 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.