Benjamin F. McClary

Date of Birth: 08/10/1940
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Branch of Service: Army
Rank: SGT
Date of Casualty: 01/12/1968
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Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 19
Panel Row: 12

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The 27-year-old Army staff sergeant was sent to Vietnam in August 1967 where he was a platoon sergeant with Company C of the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). He died on Jan. 12. 1968. McClary had attended South Carolina State College before enlisting in June 1962. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.

Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial