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GEORGE FRANKLIN MCCOY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1941 – February 28, 1966
Service recordGeorge Franklin McCoy, of Munster, Indiana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 88
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Munster, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 88
- LARRY EDWARD MACDONALDLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
From Munster
- DONALD FRANCIS SLACK JRCorporal · August 18, 1968
- ROBERT MERRILL KIKKERTSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
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.