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WILLIAM GEORGE MCCANN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1939 – October 21, 1966
Service recordWilliam George McCann, of Grantsburg, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Grantsburg, Wisconsin (Burnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 94
- WILLIAM THOMAS GRUDZINSKILance Corporal · October 21, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- DANNY EVERETT HYDEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 94
- DANNY EVERETT HYDEPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 94
- ERNEST PAUL PRYORSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 95
From Grantsburg
- CHARLES JULIUS JANKESpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
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.