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JAMES LEE MCILVOY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1943 – December 30, 1967
Service recordJames Lee McIlvoy, of South Lyon, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1943
- Home of record
- South Lyon, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 4
- JEROME JAMES MACDONALDSpecialist Four · December 30, 1967
- ROGELIO MANUEL MARTINEZCorporal · December 30, 1967
- JOHN FRANKLIN MORRISON JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- WYLIE ORIA PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
From South Lyon
- ALBERT EUGENE ROSESpecialist Four · September 17, 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.