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MICHAEL JAMES MCCLELLAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1946 – November 21, 1969
Service recordMichael James McClellan, of St Peter, Minnesota, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 105
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1946
- Home of record
- St Peter, Minnesota (Nicollet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 105
- HARVEY DUDLEY JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1969
- DWIGHT GARY FOREMANCorporal · November 21, 1969
- CURTIS RUSSELL FRANTZStaff Sergeant · November 21, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH HAYDEN JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 107
From St Peter
- FREDRICK JOSEPH BRENKEPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND WEISEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- HARVEY GORDON ENZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- STEVEN EDWARD WETTERGRENPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
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.