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DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1942 – February 16, 1967
Service recordDouglas Macarthur McCrary, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 49
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 49
- COLIN DAVID MACMANUSCaptain · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD OOCUMMAPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- LIONELL POWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY ALLEN CURTISSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 42
- JERRY BOGGIE GOLDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 44
- JEFFREY G KAZIKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 45
- TROY LEE KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 46
- JAMES HOWARD MONROEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- NORMAN JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 48
- KENNETH WAYNE OGLESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 49
- TOMMY J TERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 52
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.