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WILLIE JAMES MCCLAIN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 3, 1946 – May 20, 1968
Service recordWillie James McClain JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 7
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- THOMAS EDWIN MCKNIGHTLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1968
- CORNEALUS PUMPHREY JRStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RICHARD DAIGNEAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 3
- NEWTON MORGAN GRAY JRCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 5
- RICHARD HENRY JUNKSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 5
- JOHN DAVIS LARRY JRSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 7
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · Panel 64E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALAN WESTERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 64E, Line 10
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.