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CHESTER RAY MCCLELLAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordChester Ray McClelland, of Brazil, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Brazil, Indiana (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 46
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- DONALD RAY KERNSSergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS KICKLITERSergeant · August 23, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Brazil
- MAX WAYNE BATCHELORSergeant · October 4, 1967
- DOM E LEESpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- ZETTIE J C DULINSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
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.