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THOMAS MARTIN MCVAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordThomas Martin McVay, of Bethany, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 35
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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
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Bethany, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 35
- MORRIS KEITH JAMESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- CLEATUS WAYNE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- PATRICK GEORGE MCGARVEYCorporal · April 12, 1968
- GLENN LOREN MOLLER JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WARREN MARTIN BEAUMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 28
- ALAN PAUL BUTKUSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 28
- EDWARD COE BECKWITHSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 29
- BILLY JAMES BROWNCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 29
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 29
- RUSSELL HUBARD CORNISHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 30
- JOHN EDD CUNNINGHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DELISASpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 31
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 31
- ALAN JOSEPH HETTICHCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 32
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 33
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
- ROBERT LEE MELTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 34
- MORRIS KEITH JAMESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 35
- CLEATUS WAYNE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 35
- GLENN LOREN MOLLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 35
- REYNALDO NAVA OROZCOCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 36
- HUBERT EARL WAFORDSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 36
- DAVID ALAN STRUPPPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 37
- DONNY GAY TIDWELLCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 37
- DOUGLAS RICHARD WEIHERSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 38
From Bethany
- BOBBY L PORTERSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES NICK BONDILance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- DALE ROGER HEIDEBRECHTLance Corporal · September 2, 1969
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.