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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of John Howard McClean.

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JOHN HOWARD MCCLEAN

Captain · U.S. Air Force

January 17, 1929 – August 16, 1963

Service record

John Howard McClean, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 16, 1963, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 26

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
January 17, 1929
Home of record
New York, New York (Kings County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 16, 1963
Age
34
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Two names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1963; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 26

From New York

All 1370 names from New York →

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.