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HAROLD RAYMOND MCCORD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – May 26, 1970
Service recordHarold Raymond McCord JR, of New Lexington, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- New Lexington, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 105
- ROBERT LOWELL MCCURDYCaptain · May 26, 1970
- EDWARD TERRY OBRIENChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 26, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1970
From New Lexington
- RONALD MARTIN BOLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK CURRANSpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
- JOHN LOY KEISTERSergeant · July 14, 1970
- DONALD CASPER BENNETTCorporal · March 28, 1971
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.