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HARRY MERLE MCNALLY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordHarry Merle McNally, of Hayward, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 85
- JOHN THOMAS NELSONPetty Officer Second Class · October 27, 1967
- CURTIS WAYNE PAINTERLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- MERRICK ROBERT PIERCELance Corporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- HORACE CANNCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 79
- EDWARD CHARITY JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- WALTER A MARABLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 84
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 86
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 88
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
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.