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JACK WILLIAM MCCANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – December 27, 1970
Service recordJack William McCann, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 11
- MARTIN JOSEPH HANLONPrivate · December 27, 1970
- RAYMOND CLYDE HOLTSergeant · December 27, 1970
- ROY DOUGLAS JORDANSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
- ESTEBAN VALERIANO ROCHEZPetty Officer Second Class · December 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARVER JOE VAUGHANSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 12
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.