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MICHAEL CLINTON MCCAIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1941 – May 9, 1968
Service recordMichael Clinton McCain, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 57E, Line 29
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- JOE LOUIS LOCKHAR MCGILLLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- MITCHELL MCGUIRESergeant · May 9, 1968
- DONALD K MCNEILWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1968
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.