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MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1949 – December 9, 1969
Service recordMichael James McClane, of Mt Carmel, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 43
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Carmel, Illinois (Wabash County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 43
- JOSEPH HOWARD OBMANSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- JOE B OJEDASpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- REGGINALD WILLIAM PLUMMERStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS FRATUSSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 41
- WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 42
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 44
From Mt Carmel
- RALPH HARRY BARLETT JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- TOMMY AUSTIN WIGGINSLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- ROY M ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- KEITH MASON PARRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- DANNY KEITH RAYBORNPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
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.