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JAMES RAYMOND MCCOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – September 18, 1968
Service recordJames Raymond McCoy, of Travelers Rest, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Travelers Rest, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 29
- FREDDIE LEON LOWERYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER DUTCHER LUCCIChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 18, 1968
- GILBERT MERILL MAESTASSergeant · September 18, 1968
- CHESTER MCDANIELCorporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 24
- JOSEPH SIMON BRAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 25
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 31
From Travelers Rest
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY LOLLIS LIPSCOMBSergeant · April 29, 1969
- HAROLD GENE MILESSergeant · August 12, 1969
- DAVID WALDEN STATONSergeant · April 30, 1970
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.