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WILLIAM JAMES MCCUE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – August 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam James McCue, of Hometown, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Hometown, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 43
- EDWARD LEWIS JORY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1967
- TERRENCE MICHAEL LAVELLECorporal · August 25, 1967
- RONNIE LEE LOGANSergeant · August 25, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
From Hometown
- FREDDIE CHARLES POTE JRLance Corporal · March 8, 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.