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CECIL EVERETT MCCLAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1951 – March 27, 1970
Service recordCecil Everett McClain, of Indianola, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 60 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Indianola, Mississippi (Sunflower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 49
- NORMAN EARL LITTLECorporal · March 27, 1970
- JAMES RAY MITCHELLLance Corporal · March 27, 1970
- GARY DON POLKSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- RALPH RICHARD QUICK JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1970
From Indianola
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL TYNERSergeant · November 13, 1966
- DOCK JEFFERSON PINIONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1966
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.