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RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 6, 1947 – September 22, 1971
Service recordRalph Lindsey McCoy JR, of Mayflower, Arkansas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 22, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Mayflower, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 24
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
- MELVIN DONALD BARNETTSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- DUANE ALLAN COTTRELLSpecialist Four · September 23, 1971
- RICHARD ARELLANO SUPNETAirman First Class · September 23, 1971
From Mayflower
- CLARENCE A TEASSpecialist Five · April 16, 1966
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.