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JIMMY HARRISON MCCLUNG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – April 15, 1970
Service recordJimmy Harrison McClung, of Christiansburg, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Christiansburg, Virginia (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 9
- DENNIS WADE NEALStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1970
- JOSE LUIS RIVASCorporal · April 15, 1970
- TRAVIS HENRY SCOTT JRCaptain · April 15, 1970
From Christiansburg
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- LEON DAVID WILLARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- HENRY THOMAS COXCaptain · August 13, 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.