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MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1943 – December 11, 1966
Service recordMichael Ray McCommons, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 36
- EUGENE P RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ERNIE WAYNE ROSSERCorporal · December 11, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 32
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 32
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- DENNIS HARPER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- MICHAEL CHARLES KIRBYSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 34
- JOHN E LAWLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 34
- DONALD LAMAR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 36
- BENNY ARNOLD STARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOSHUA WELCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALFRED OCONNORCorporal · June 27, 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.