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ARTHUR CHARLES MCLELLAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1945 – March 31, 1968
Service recordArthur Charles McLellan, of Terryville, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 31, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Terryville, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 24
- CHARLES DANIEL MILLERLance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- KEVIN WALKER MOOREPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD NEALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- WALTER WILLIAM ROSOLIECorporal · March 31, 1968
From Terryville
- ROBERT WALTER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- CHARLES ROSS MANARELPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD DUNNTechnical Sergeant · April 26, 1972
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.