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RICHARD AARON MCCLAIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1948 – May 22, 1968
Service recordRichard Aaron McClain, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 22, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Fire Control Man (0844)
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 14
- WILLIAM THOMAS MCPHAILMajor · May 22, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MUCKLEROYFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- HAROLD JAMES NICHOLESPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBRIENHospitalman · May 22, 1968
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.