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JAMES HENRY MCLEAN
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1944 – February 9, 1965
Service recordJames Henry McLean, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 9, 1965, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 87
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ MACV SD 5891
- Born
- June 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 9, 1965
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 1E, Line 87
- DON ROBERT LEWISCaptain · February 9, 1965
- JOHN WAYNE MALAPELLIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JAMES BLAIR ALEXANDER JRSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
- ANTHONY PHILL CHRISTOPHERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.