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AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – May 7, 1968
Service recordAmbrose Wilkie J Clay JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 21
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE CORLEYPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PHILIP LEE CULVERSergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 22
- ROGER ALLEN FESSENDENCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 22
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 24
- WAYNE PAUL PUMASergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE THOMAS LLOY WALKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.