McClelland Barclay

McClelland Barclay
Barclay in 1933
Born1891 (1891)
St. Louis, Missouri, US
DiedJuly 18, 1943(1943-07-18) (aged 51–52)
at sea near the Solomon Islands
Buried
Lost at sea
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchNavy
Years of service1938–1943
RankLt. Commander

McClelland Barclay (1891 – 18 July 1943) was an American illustrator. By the age of 21, Barclay's work had been published in The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, and Cosmopolitan. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve in 1938[1] and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he went on active duty. At the time of his death, in 1943, he was a Lt. Commander.

  1. ^ "The Art of McClelland Barclay". history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 3 March 2015.