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EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSON
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1942 – March 18, 1966
Service recordEverett Alvin McPherson, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on March 18, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- December 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 18, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 21
- JOE DUSTIN KELLYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT BRUCE KNUTSONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.