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JOHN EARL MCVAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1948 – May 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Earl McVay, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 2
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- CHARLES RUDOLPH MILTON JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- HOMER JULIUS MYERSCorporal · May 15, 1967
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- RONALD DUDLEY RICHCorporal · December 28, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 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.