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ROY HOWARD MCCLAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1944 – July 3, 1968
Service recordRoy Howard McClain, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 4
- WARREN MOYER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- FRANKLIN DELANO RATLIFFCorporal · July 3, 1968
- PAUL SCHECKLERLance Corporal · July 3, 1968
- CRAIG LEWIS SMITHCorporal · July 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BASIL LEE HAREFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 42
- BILLY RAY HOLMESSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 1
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.