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DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 18, 1948 – September 7, 1970
Service recordDon McClelland Justice, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 7, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 44
- JOHN CALVIN DAVISStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- JULIUS DALE NELSONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- EDDIE JACK PADILLACorporal · September 7, 1970
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 1969
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
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.