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HARRY MCCLAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – May 25, 1967
Service recordHarry McClain, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 105
- RICHARD CAMPBELL GRAVESEnsign · May 25, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GENIUS CLARKSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 101
- LEONARD KING NUTESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 105
- ROBERT GARY STATONPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 107
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
- ANDREW SAMUEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 109
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.