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WILLIAM DAVID MCCLAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1945 – May 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam David McClain, of Waco, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 15
- ERNEST C MCCRIMMON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- ELMER MASON NANCEFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS NIXSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.