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MELVIN MCCRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – June 24, 1966
Service recordMelvin McCray, of Columbia, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbia, Mississippi (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 88
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ADELL ARIE ALSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8E, Line 84
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BOBBY JOE JAMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE P LEBRUNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 89
- DELMAS SHERWOOD TOWNSENDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8E, Line 89
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Columbia
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- JACK JOSEPH JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE WILKSCorporal · September 13, 1968
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · March 22, 1969
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- HENRY RAY EXPOSEPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.