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CHRISTABOL TOBY MCCLURE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 7, 1949 – January 16, 1969
Service recordChristabol Toby McClure, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 17
- JERRY ARNOLD MCFALLSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- JON OWEN OSHEIMPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · January 16, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANK ROBARSergeant · January 16, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.