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MICHAEL ROSS MCCANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1949 – July 19, 1969
Service recordMichael Ross McCann, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 17
- THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
- BRENT LARSEN ARVESETHSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS BASS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL BELONGERPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · April 21, 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.