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PLEASANT MCCRAY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – July 29, 1970
Service recordPleasant McCray JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 67
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 67
- ROY WAYNE MARLATTSergeant · July 29, 1970
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE HILTERBRANSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 66
- JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 66
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.