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LAVOY DON MCVEY
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1938 – March 2, 1970
Service recordLavoy Don McVey, of Lamar, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Lamar, Colorado (Prowers County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 75
- THOMAS GRANT LOVLEYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- WILLIAM JAY PARTINGTONLance Corporal · March 2, 1970
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM SKIBBESecond Lieutenant · March 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM SKIBBESecond Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 75
From Lamar
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · April 6, 1967
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- RALPH DEAN HIRSCHLER JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1970
- JOHN MAREZ CHAVARRIACorporal · March 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.