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JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLAND
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1931 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJames Richard McClelland, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 24
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinist (2161)
- Born
- September 16, 1931
- Home of record
- Irwin, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 24
- JOHN WILLIAM MCFARLANEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL NICHOLSLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ARLEIGH NIXONCorporal · April 11, 1968
From Irwin
- JOSEPH EDWARD HETZER JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- LESTER ALLEN WRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · July 31, 1966
- JULIUS BRADLEY HUGHESPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- JOHN MARK SPIELMANSeaman · February 26, 1968
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM GILKEYLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- HOWARD SCOTT HILLSergeant · May 23, 1969
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.