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TOMMY MIKE MCCLEER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1939 – August 1, 1971
Service recordTommy Mike McCleer, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 120
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 120
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- WILLIAM JONATHAN BRADFORDWarrant Officer 1 · August 1, 1971
- CLINTON HURANSO EPPSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1971
- WILLIAM CARROLL HINESSergeant · August 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON HURANSO EPPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 120
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 121
From Carpentersville
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RONALD ALAN WOLTERFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
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.