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WILLIE CHARLES MCNAIR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1934 – December 19, 1967
Service recordWillie Charles McNair, of Ellisville, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 3 SQD 17 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Ellisville, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 25
- ANTHONY RALPH MANTOUVALESSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- GREGORY MCCRAYSergeant · December 19, 1967
- RICHARD EARL MEHLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
From Ellisville
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WALLACEMajor · August 28, 1967
- SIM SMEDDLEY STEVERSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 13, 1967
- ROBERT EARL POORESpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- JOHN TERRY GRAYSpecialist Four · April 7, 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.