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GARY THOMAS MCCLAIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1946 – December 24, 1966
Service recordGary Thomas McClain, of Glendale, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 77
- ULYSSES WHITEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
- ALBERTO I JARA-VERANOPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.