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WILLIAM W MCCLENDON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – January 24, 1968
Service recordWilliam W McClendon JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 25
- JAMES CARTHELL MCHENRYLance Corporal · January 24, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS NAWROCKIPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JOHN HALL NEAL JRCorporal · January 24, 1968
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT FAVORPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 21
- JON LESLIE GRIMMETTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 21
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 22
- FERDINAND J KORNICK JRCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 23
- ERNEST PATRICK PALCICSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 26
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.