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SAMUEL DONALD MCCLARY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1947 – February 4, 1967
Service recordSamuel Donald McClary, of Kingstree, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 118
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingstree, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 118
- WILLIAM LOUIS LOWMANPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND MARTINEZSergeant · February 4, 1967
- ROBERT W MOYERPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
From Kingstree
- JIMMY WILSON LESAINEPrivate · January 21, 1969
- JOE JUNIOR MILESSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- CALVIN EMANUEL COOPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
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.