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MICHAEL DEE MCCLAIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – September 30, 1968
Service recordMichael Dee McClain, of Jerseyville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Jerseyville, Illinois (Jersey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 49
- DAVID LYNN JUDYLance Corporal · September 30, 1968
- RICHARD LARRY MCCLAINPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN LLOYD MCPHAILWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1968
- LARRY GENE NEWBERRYCorporal · September 30, 1968
From Jerseyville
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MILLERPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- DALE PORTER BERTHOUXSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES MOLLOYCorporal · January 21, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PAYNTERPetty Officer Second Class · January 7, 1971
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.