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JOHN W MCCORMICK JR
Ensign · U.S. Navy
January 9, 1944 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJohn W McCormick JR, of Villanova, Pennsylvania, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 31
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- BLT 1 3 MAR 9 MAB
- Born
- January 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Villanova, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “BLT 1 3 MAR 9 MAB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 31
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- RICHARD LEON LANDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- LEONARDO LEOSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANK SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 20E, Line 36
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.