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ORVAL WADE MCLEARY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
April 8, 1937 – May 6, 1968
Service recordOrval Wade McLeary, of Sturdivant, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 13
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Sturdivant, Missouri (Bollinger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 13
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
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.