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JAMES EDWARD MCCLAFFERTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1944 – July 14, 1968
Service recordJames Edward McClafferty, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 29
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1968
- RANCE ALDEN MCEACHERN JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- DONALD LEROY MURPHYSeaman · July 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 27
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.