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JOHNNY WAYNE MCCAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – November 10, 1967
Service recordJohnny Wayne McCain, of Ore City, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 68
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Ore City, Texas (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 68
- NORMAN JAMES LIVINGSTONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- CLIFFORD JAMES LYTLESergeant · November 10, 1967
- BERNHARDT WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- JAMES SHEPPARD MORGANColonel · November 10, 1967
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.