Beginning of Military Career
Raymond McLain was born in Washington County, Kentucky as a son of Thomas A. and Lucetta (Stallings) McLain. He graduated from Hill’s Business College in Oklahoma City in 1909 and subsequently worked as a Clerk in real estate office and then worked as an abstractor. Simultaneously entered in the Oklahoma National Guard in 1912, where he reached the rank of Sergeant.
In December 1914, he was commissioned to the rank of Second Lieutenant in Oklahoma National Guard after he attended a school of musketry at Fort Sill. He was promoted again next year to the rank of First lieutenant. Following a Pancho Villa Expedition, he served as a machine gun company commander with 36th Infantry Division on the Mexican Border.
During World War I, he was with the American Expeditionary Forces under General John J. Pershing in France until 1919. After return home, he continued service with Oklahoma National Guard and subsequently returned back to his career in business.
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