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WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1952 – December 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward McLean, of Glouster, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 7, 1952
- Home of record
- Glouster, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 5
- TERRENCE L HARRISStaff Sergeant · December 24, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL HEENSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- ALBRO LYNN LUNDY JRMajor · December 24, 1970
- CALVIN DAVID MACKCorporal · December 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN GARY BUCHANANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 4
- TERRENCE L HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 5
From Glouster
- LARRY EUGENE HERBERTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- DONALD ALLEN CAMPBELLCorporal · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS RALPH SAYERSPrivate First Class · August 22, 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.