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ROY DEWAYNE MCLENNAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – August 24, 1969
Service recordRoy Dewayne McLennan, of Waco, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 108
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 108
- JESUS DIEZ NIETO JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- GARY ALAN OHMANSecond Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL ORTIZLance Corporal · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RUSSELL BEATTYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 105
- JAMES NELSON STEENPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 105
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 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.