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JAMES HARRY MCCLAIN
Captain · U.S. Army
September 11, 1933 – July 28, 1964
Service recordJames Harry McClain, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger (88104)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM SD 5891 MACV
- Born
- September 11, 1933
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1964. In July 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 59
- JOHN PETER DRAKEPrivate First Class · July 21, 1964
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
From Lansing
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.