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WILLIE MCCLOUD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1950 – August 6, 1971
Service recordWillie McCloud JR, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 124
- MARSHALL EDWARD NAFFZIGERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- JAMES CHARLES REAMERStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1971
- RODRICK TROUPSpecialist Four · August 5, 1971
- MARK JAMES EKLUNDPrivate First Class · August 6, 1971
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.