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WILLIAM C MCCORMICK JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 18, 1924 – April 25, 1969
Service recordWilliam C McCormick JR, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1969, in Thailand, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 49
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 18, 1924
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 44
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 49
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JACK MICHAEL ORNELASPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS PATRONELance Corporal · April 25, 1969
- CARL EDWARD PILKINGTON SRSergeant Major · April 25, 1969
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 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.