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THOMAS MCCRAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1938 – January 4, 1968
Service recordThomas McCray, of Kenly, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 39
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Kenly, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 39
- BOBBY FOSTER HOLMANWarrant Officer 1 · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL FREDERICK MEYHOFFPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIS MINNICH JRLieutenant Commander · January 4, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD MONTAGUELieutenant (junior grade) · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 41
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Kenly
- WILBERT RAY BARBEESpecialist Four · March 15, 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.