United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Still unaccounted for

U.S. Marine Corps · United States

Lavoy Don McVey

Captain

1938 – 1970

Vietnam Wall · Panel 13W

Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Captain Lavoy Don McVey served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Lavoy served with the C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV. Lavoy served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Lavoy was 32 years old.

How He Died

Manner Combat Death

Cause Injury, unspecified

Circumstance Killed in action

Place Quang Nam

Keepsakes

Service Record

U.S. Marine Corps

C CO, 1ST RECON BN, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF

0302: Infantry Officer

CAPT

INFANTRY OFFICER (I)

QUANG NAM

1970

Pay grade O03.

Conflicts

Vietnam War Cold War

Awards & Decorations 5

For valor

Silver Star

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal

Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Memorials

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 13W · Line 75 cut as LAVOY D Mc VEY

Burial Information

Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

In Our Keeping

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Lavoy Don McVey

Captain

U.S. Marine Corps

- 1970

1st Reconnaissance Battalion

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