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JOHN LLOYD MCCLURG
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 1, 1951 – August 17, 1970
Service recordJohn Lloyd McClurg, of Earlham, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1951
- Home of record
- Earlham, Iowa (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 119
- STEVEN BERNARD MELNICKCaptain · August 17, 1970
- PATRICK RORY OBRIENWarrant Officer 1 · August 17, 1970
- ROGER DAVID PARMENTIERSecond Lieutenant · August 17, 1970
- GUY WESLEY PATTONSergeant First Class · August 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DAVID PARMENTIERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 119
From Earlham
- ROBERT CARL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 7, 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.