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DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – April 12, 1968
Service recordDwayne Charles McClure, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 33
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- RICHARD WADE JOLESSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- BYRON NORRIS JONESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE GOODMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 49E, Line 31
- PETER ACOSTA MENDOZAPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 34
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.