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CHARLES D MCCLURG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – December 25, 1967
Service recordCharles D McClurg, of Bangor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 58
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Bangor, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 58
- THOMAS ANTHONY GRUDFirst Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- DELBERT O LEWISPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- JOHN D MORRISStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LARRY HUGH OERTELSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY WAYNE JETERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 57
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 60
From Bangor
- DAVID GREGORY SALINASPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
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.