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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Bruce Mayo McClellan.

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BRUCE MAYO MCCLELLAN

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

January 2, 1942 – August 26, 1968

Service record

Bruce Mayo McClellan, of Blodgett, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 46W · Line 31

Position of Panel 46W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
January 2, 1942
Home of record
Blodgett, Oregon (Benton County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 26, 1968
Age
26
Province
Binh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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What was happening

53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Blodgett

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.