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THURLO MERIDA MCCLURE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1939 – August 16, 1967
Service recordThurlo Merida McClure, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 2
- NATHANIEL KNOWLESSergeant First Class · August 16, 1967
- TIMOTHY V RHODESSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN ROSSERPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 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.