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EMMETT DENEEN MCLELLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1942 – August 7, 1968
Service recordEmmett Deneen McLellan, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 25
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
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- THOMAS LEIGH PIPERPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- SONEY RAMEYStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MORRIS A MALLARD JRSergeant First Class · Panel 49W, Line 24
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
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.