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JAMES LOUIS MCCLAIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 23, 1947 – June 12, 1967
Service recordJames Louis McClain, of Harris, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Harris, Iowa (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 95
- HARRY LANN HENDRICKSFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1967
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES LEEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
From Harris
- LELAND DALE ZAHNStaff Sergeant · April 5, 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.