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RONALD SMITH MCCRARY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – January 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Smith McCrary, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 28
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 28
- WILLIAM ROWLAND LIDDYCOATFirst Lieutenant · January 3, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN MATCHETTPrivate First Class · January 3, 1969
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- CLIFFORD TRUMAN MULLENPetty Officer Third Class · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST DEAN DODSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 24
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 35W, Line 25
- LARRY RANDALL MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 29
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
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.