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ALFRED PATRICK CLAYTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 21, 1942 – December 8, 1968
Service recordAlfred Patrick Clayton, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 62
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Finance Specialist (73C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 21, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 62
- DONALD KIRBY CHEEKSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
- PAUL LELAND DAINSPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- CARROLL EDWARD DERRILLPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL CLYDE WALKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 71
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.