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GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1946 – May 19, 1967
Service recordGuy Eckman McNay JR, of Erlanger, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Erlanger, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 47
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- WALTER ALLAN PAIRANCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 40
- JAMES WILBUR ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 41
- JOHN THOMAS FULFORDSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 42
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 42
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 43
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 47
From Erlanger
- RODERICK LEE WEISSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOBBPetty Officer First Class · July 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON BREWER JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1970
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.