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DONALD WAYNE MCCANN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1940 – November 9, 1966
Service recordDonald Wayne McCann, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 48
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · November 9, 1966
- PATRICK THOMAS MCDERMOTTPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN NATHANIEL LOCKHARTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 48
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 48
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- FLETCHER LEON LEWISSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.