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EUGENE TAYLOR MCCOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 7, 1943 – January 31, 1966
Service recordEugene Taylor McCoy, of Moulton, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Moulton, Iowa (Appanoose County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 124
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 1966
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1966
- JOHN ALVIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1966
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · January 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR EDWARD ANDERSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 122
- ROBERT D DONALDSONSpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 122
- GLENN FRANKLIN DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 122
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 123
- JACK JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- MARVIN LEROY LINDLEYSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 124
- RODNEY JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 125
- CHARLES LEONARD PETEETSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- HOWARD EDWARD PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JOHN MICHAEL QUINNSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 125
- JACK THOMAS JRSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 126
- TERRY LEE WELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 126
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 126
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 127
From Moulton
- GERALD OWEN NORTONPetty Officer Second Class · October 6, 1962
- REX STEWART WOODLieutenant Commander · June 2, 1967
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 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.