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JAMES MILTON MCCORMICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 29, 1943 – October 22, 1967
Service recordJames Milton McCormick, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 50
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 50
- JIMMIE WAYNE JONESCorporal · October 22, 1967
- ROBERT MORTON KAILSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE J STARKWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOSEPH RYANCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 51
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.