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WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAE
Private · U.S. Army
May 22, 1944 – August 9, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph McRae, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 164 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 96
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · August 9, 1967
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- CECIL BERNARD NICKENSSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
- FREDERICK J OCONNOR JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 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.