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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jack Dale McClure.

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JACK DALE MCCLURE

Captain · U.S. Army

January 30, 1930 – December 31, 1965

Service record

Jack Dale McClure, of Modesto, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4E · Line 46

Position of Panel 4E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
Unit (as recorded)
MACV ADVISORS
Born
January 30, 1930
Home of record
Modesto, California (Stanislaus County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 31, 1965
Age
35
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4E, Line 46

Same unit, same day

From Modesto

All 31 names from Modesto →

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.