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STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordStanley Eugene McCreary, of Havre De Grace, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Havre De Grace, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 32
- JAMES JOSEPH LYNCH IIIPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- RICHARD GEORGE MAYSergeant · April 7, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR MITCHELLSergeant · April 7, 1969
- HARRY LEO MORRIS JRLieutenant Colonel · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ANTHONY JOHN FANFASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 34
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
- DARRELL EDWARD WALDENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 35
From Havre De Grace
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROGER BERTHA MILLSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · February 15, 1969
- RONALD ANTHONY SPUDISSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
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.