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JOHN DAVID MCCLUSKEY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 18, 1940 – May 9, 1970
Service recordJohn David McCluskey, of Bernie, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 8
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Bernie, Missouri (Stoddard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 8
- EDDIE LEE NAILS JRSergeant · May 9, 1970
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL MONROE USSERYSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 4
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 5
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 6
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 8
From Bernie
- JIMMIE JOE BUTLERSergeant · November 1, 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.