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FRANK EDWARD MCCLELLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 23, 1949 – June 4, 1970
Service recordFrank Edward McClellan, of Salem, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 8
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Salem, Indiana (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 8
- BOBBY GENE HUGGINSMajor · June 4, 1970
- DAVID HARLON MARINESpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- ALVIN EUGENE MATHERMajor · June 4, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE GUINNSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 7
From Salem
- CONRAD ALAN SIPPLECorporal · March 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY MYERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.