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WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – November 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Othello McKoy, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29E, Line 91
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- WAYNE PAUL MURRAYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD VAUGHN MYERSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- JAMES E RAFFENSPERGER JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CRAIG BERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 87
- DAVID ELVIN BUNKERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 87
- NATHANIEL CHATMANPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 87
- HORACE W COWDRICK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 88
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 88
- LAMONT GEORGE EPPSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 88
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 88
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMANPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 89
- ZAN HESSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 89
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 89
- MILFORD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 90
- RAY MORGAN KEITH JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 90
- FRANCIS LEROY MAPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 90
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 91
- WAYNE PAUL MURRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 91
- RICHARD VAUGHN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 91
- JAMES E RAFFENSPERGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 91
- ROBERT LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 92
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 92
- RICHARD ALAN SCHEIBERSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 92
- EDWARD ANTHONY SCULLYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 92
- WILLIE JAMES SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 92
- VERNON PATRICK SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 93
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 93
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 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.