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M L MCCLELLAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1942 – February 10, 1966
Service recordM L McClellan, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 23
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- WARREN GARY PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 21
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 22
- ALVIN HOSKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 22
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
From Meridian
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.