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WILOFARD A MCCLAIN II
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1941 – March 28, 1969
Service recordWilofard A McClain II, of El Paso, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 74
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1941
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 74
- LAWRENCE DAVID PERUSOPetty Officer Third Class · March 28, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- GARY JOE POLLOCKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT EARL PUGHPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 75
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 75
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 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.