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LUTHER ONEIL MCCORMICK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 3, 1928 – October 28, 1968
Service recordLuther Oneil McCormick, of Cumberland, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 3, 1928
- Home of record
- Cumberland, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1968
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 40W, Line 49
- CLINTON MONROE GAULT JRStaff Sergeant · October 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LUEDKESergeant · October 28, 1968
- GERALD MARTINPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY PETTERSONPrivate First Class · October 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD WALTER MERRIMANSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 50
From Cumberland
- RANDALL SHERWOOD HICKMANSergeant First Class · March 14, 1966
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.