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MICHAEL LEE MCVEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1951 – September 20, 1970
Service recordMichael Lee McVey, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 79
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 79
- RICHARD DEAN MCFARLANESpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
- JOE PENA JRSergeant First Class · September 20, 1970
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · September 20, 1970
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.