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JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – August 2, 1966
Service recordJohnie Wayne McLain, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 9E, Line 100
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUZMANKOLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 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.