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WILLIAM BERNARD MCGARVEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1945 – November 18, 1967
Service recordWilliam Bernard McGarvey, of Loysville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Loysville, Pennsylvania (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 17
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- RICHARD DALE MCGHEECorporal · November 18, 1967
- HARTWIG RALPH POOLELance Corporal · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE DEAN BROWNOTTERCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 13
- JAMES ALBERT DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 14
- ROBERT ALLEN HARTWELLSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 15
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 18
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 19
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 20
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.