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DONALD KENT MCLEAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1946 – February 7, 1969
Service recordDonald Kent McLean, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 26, 1946
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 80
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- RUSSELL EUGENE MOKEFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD REID CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 76
- RICHARD B GARRETTSergeant First Class · Panel 33W, Line 78
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONNIE LEE OBNEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
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.