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CASE SYNOPSIS: MCLEAN, JAMES HENRY
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Name: James Henry McLean
Rank/Branch: E4/US Army
Unit: Medic assigned to
Advisory Team 88, MAC-V
Date of Birth: 16 June 1944
Home City of Record: Los Angeles CA
Date of Loss: 09 February 1965
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 114847N 1071522E
Status (in 1973): Prisoner of War
Category: 1
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Other Personnel
In Incident: (none missing)
REMARKS: CAPTURE CONF BY VIET PWS
SYNOPSIS: SP4 James H. McLean was a medic assigned to Advisory Team 88, MAC-V,
serving with a South Vietnamese Regional Forces unit at Duc Phong, Phuoc Long
Province, Republic of Vietnam. On February 9, 1965, at about midnight, Duc
Phong came under attack and was seized by the Viet Cong.
The following day, an ARVN unit was inserted into the area, and learned that an
American had been observed being held captive in the vicinity of Duc Phong.
Enemy fire drove observing helicopters away. By mid-afternoon on February 10,
the ARVN unit that had been inserted had recaptured the camp and recovered the
remains of 3 American advisors. As none of them was McLean, it was determined
that the captured American was McLean.
Several released and escaped South Vietnamese captured in the same incident or
held in various camps with McLean later reported that SP4 McLean had been
captured uninjured. He was last seen alive in late 1966, having detained all
this time in camps in northern Phuoc Long Province.
Although one of the released POWs stated that he had seen McLean sick and then
never saw him again, McLean's name never appeared on lists provided which named
those who died in captivity. He was not released in 1973 in the general
prisoner release.
McLean is one of nearly 2500 Americans who remain prisoner, missing or
otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. There can be no question that the
Vietnamese know his fate. With thousands of reports being received relating to
Americans still held prisoner, one has to wonder if McLean is one of those that
experts believe are still alive. If he is, what must he be thinking of us?