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BENNIE CLIFFORD CLAYTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1948 – October 21, 1969
Service recordBennie Clifford Clayton, of Agency, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Agency, Missouri (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 100
- JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 21, 1969
- GLENN RICHARD COOKCaptain · October 21, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWIN CORTOR JRSergeant · October 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD EDWARD GOLEMON JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 101
From Agency
- JOHNNIE LEE MCDANIELPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
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.