<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/tommy_jack_tom_mcclellan.html" dsn="news"><item_date>Thursday, July 10, 2025 8:01:30 AM PDT</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="https://omni-templates.unt.edu/_resources/images/unt-img-square-default.jpg" alt="Diving Eagle"/></image><firstname/><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname/><suffix/><graduation-Year/><relationship-to-university/><degree-program-completed/><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Tommy Jack ‘Tom’ McClellan </title><description/><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>Tommy Jack ‘Tom’ McClellan (’62), Riverside, Illinois. He enlisted in the United States Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant after graduating from North Texas. He served from 1962 to 1969, flying the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker during the Vietnam War, received several medals and achieved the military rank of captain by the time he was honorably discharged. He continued flying in a career with United Airlines, achieving the rank of captain and later standards captain. Tom, a North Texas native, was buried with a color guard salute and military funeral.</main-content></item>