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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1940 – January 12, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Franklin McClary, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 38
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 38
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · January 12, 1968
- BERNARD CHARLES MATTSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- PHILIP DANIEL MITCHELLLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE KAY PERKINSPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 33
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- ROY WILLIAM EDWARDSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.