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EUGENE MCCRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1947 – April 6, 1967
Service recordEugene McCray, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- January 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 112
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- KENNETH EARL MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT MINUTOLICaptain · April 6, 1967
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
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.