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JOHN WILLIAM MCCOY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1945 – May 7, 1967
Service recordJohn William McCoy, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 54
- TALMADGE RHODENPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1967
- CHARLES L SEEFELDT JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- BARRY DON THOMASLance Corporal · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH HERMANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 52
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESONCorporal · December 19, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
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.