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PERCY W MCCLATCHY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1938 – August 13, 1966
Service recordPercy W McClatchy, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 133
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 133
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 1966
- HARVEY WOODFORD GILBERTPrivate First Class · August 13, 1966
- GERALD LERVERNE MENTZERSpecialist Four · August 13, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE SARGENTSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 2
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.