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ROY CLIFFORD MCEWEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1946 – June 19, 1966
Service recordRoy Clifford McEwen, of Bucksport, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Bucksport, Maine (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 63
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
From Bucksport
- ERIC MICHAEL WARDWELLLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
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.