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WILLIE DEE MCVEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1942 – November 19, 1968
Service recordWillie Dee McVea, of Austin, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 12
- PETER B LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 19, 1968
- WILMER THOMAS LUTZMaster Sergeant · November 19, 1968
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- RAYMOND STANLEY REEVES JRSergeant · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH J HERNANDEZ JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 11
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.