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JOHN JACOB MCLAY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1948 – December 31, 1968
Service recordJohn Jacob McLay JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 11
- FREDERICK NEIL BONNERSergeant · December 31, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES CZARNECKISergeant · December 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGERFirst Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.