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RAY EUGENE MCCUNE
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 16, 1932 – November 23, 1968
Service recordRay Eugene McCune, of Waco, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 23, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 43
- JAMES RICHARD GOLDINGStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1968
- DARIO DAVID GUERRASpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- JAMES RANDOLPH HARRELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE HEMPHILLHospitalman · November 23, 1968
- LESLIE A LEWISPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.