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HILDRA MCCOY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 5, 1935 – May 21, 1967
Service recordHildra McCoy JR, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 5, 1935
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 78
- DAVID CARL LINDBERGCaptain · May 21, 1967
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
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.