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WESTON DAVID MACLEAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1947 – July 22, 1966
Service recordWeston David Maclean, of Westbury, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 56
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Westbury, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 56
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JOHN LARRY DODSONSpecialist Five · July 22, 1966
- MAXWELL STOWELL FRANTZHospitalman · July 22, 1966
- ROY FLORES MENOLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
From Westbury
- PATRICK JOSEPH FORANFirst Lieutenant · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH ROBERT TRIERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD RAYMOND BENNETTLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- HENRY LEWIS NIXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- THOMAS PETER JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM SALTERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1970
- EDWARD MARC GARCIASergeant · September 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.