Rank: Sergeant
Unit: K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 5-Sep-1949
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Married to Suzanne L. McCann
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 31-May-1967
Start of tour: 29-Oct-1970
Incident date: 27-Dec-1970
Date of casualty: 27-Dec-1970
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Jack William McCann was killed while at a night defensive position when a mine detonated. / Setting up night defensive position (NDP), detonated hostile mine.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SGT Raymond Clyde Holt
SGT Jack William McCann
SGT Carver Joe Frank Vaughan
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 999 324
Place of interment: Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania, USA
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