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JAMES HENRY MCCRAE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 1, 1943 – November 11, 1967
Service recordJames Henry McCrae, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 75
- CARL JAMERSON MCHANEYCorporal · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS LYNN ODELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 69
- THOMAS JAMES CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 70
- JOHN JAMES COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 71
- HAROLD DICKERSONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 71
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 72
- EDWARD BENJAMIN HARPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 72
- GREGORY JOHN DELLAMANDOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- CALVIN CLIFFORD HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- JESSE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 73
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 73
- WELDON JOHN MILESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 74
- DENNIS CRAIG MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 75
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 76
- GERALD K TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- JEROME THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 77
- NATHANIEL ANTHONY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 77
- EDWARD URBANIAKSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 78
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29E, Line 78
- BRUCE ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 78
- CHARLES JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 79
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.