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JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1949 – June 21, 1970
Service recordJohn Newt McClendon JR, of Fyffe, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- September 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Fyffe, Alabama (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE GARDNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- ERNEST LEROY GARNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN LADAGESpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
- STEPHEN JAY W SMITHSergeant · June 21, 1970
From Fyffe
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · March 11, 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.