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JIMMY LEE MCLELLAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee McLellan, of Huntington Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · 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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntington Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 9
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- WILLIAM LEWIS MCGOWANSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- LUTHER MORGAN JRSergeant · May 14, 1969
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DANIELS JRCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 4
- JOSEPH WARREN FREEMAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 4
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 12
- LARRY VIRGIL WOLFRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 14
From Huntington Beach
- TERRY LEE QUINNPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL D WALLACEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- RAY EUGENE BRADLEYWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- GEORGE TALLMANSergeant · April 9, 1967
- ROGER VERNON INSCORECorporal · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- TERRY LEE TEBBETTSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CATT JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- LELAND PATRICK FINLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1968
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.