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JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordJames McMurray McLean, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 39
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 39
- GLENN LEON MCMASTERPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- LES HOWARD PASCHALLSpecialist Four · December 21, 1967
- DONNIE DWIGHT PRESLEYLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- LEE D SCURLOCK JRSergeant First Class · December 21, 1967
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
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.