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JAMES WILLIAM MCCOY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1943 – November 24, 1966
Service recordJames William McCoy, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 24, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 115
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 6, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 115
- WILLIAM HIXSON HARDWICKPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · November 24, 1966
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.