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JOHN LOWERY MCCOY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1925 – September 26, 1964
Service recordJohn Lowery McCoy, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 18, 1925
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1964
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1964. In September 1964, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 64
- JOHN CLARENCE THOMASLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- VIRGIL RAYMOND GREANYMajor · September 25, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.