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JOHN MALGER MCLELLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1949 – November 13, 1969
Service recordJohn Malger McLellan, of West Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1949
- Home of record
- West Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 70
- EUGENE LENOIRCorporal · November 13, 1969
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- JAMES MICHIAL MOORESergeant · November 13, 1969
- PAUL WANDLING PLAMBECK JRCorporal · November 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN FORBESSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 69
- JAMES MICHIAL MOORESergeant · Panel 16W, Line 70
From West Palm Beach
- ELMER L JUCKETT IIIPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- IVY THOMAS ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1967
- HENRY HWEY GAMBLECorporal · April 7, 1967
- HAROLD CLARENCE COOKMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · February 6, 1968
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · February 28, 1968
- DAVID LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
- GARY LEONARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT RAY DUNCANLieutenant · August 29, 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.