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JOHN WESLEY MCVEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 25, 1947 – May 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Wesley McVey, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 13
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROY JOHN MOHRSenior Master Sergeant · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- ROY WILLIAM NEALPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 11
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 17
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- JACK MILTON SMITHSecond Lieutenant · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 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.