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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Homer Cleo McIntyre JR.

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HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JR

Captain · U.S. Air Force

June 7, 1934 – July 28, 1964

Service record

Homer Cleo McIntyre JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1964, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 60

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 7, 1934
Home of record
Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 28, 1964
Age
30
Province
Go Cong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1964; he was the only one lost in Go Cong Province that day. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 60

From Washington

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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.