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RODNEY W MCLEAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 21, 1934 – October 23, 1967
Service recordRodney W McLean, of Westfield, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 23, 1967, in Thailand, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 21, 1934
- Home of record
- Westfield, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 56
- DEAN HAROLD MESSERSMITHPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JON RICHARD MORVAYPetty Officer Third Class · October 23, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MULLISSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK PINKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
From Westfield
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1967
- DAVID PAUL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · December 20, 1968
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.