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EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – February 29, 1968
Service recordEdward Eugene McClellan, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 8
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE ADOLFO MUSSENDENSergeant · February 29, 1968
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP F GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- MICHAEL EMMETT MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 7
- OTIS LEE NICKPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 8
- LARRY PRESTON TYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 11
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 12
From St Joseph
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ELMER EUGENE BERRYStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
- WELLS ELDON CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 17, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- CHARLES C BURNETT JRStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1967
- LARRY GENE CAMPBELLCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN RILEYPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.