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BENNY DEAN CLAYTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – November 4, 1968
Service recordBenny Dean Clayton, of Johnston, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Johnston, South Carolina (Edgefield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- 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 November 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 16
- JOHN MARIO FILIPPELLICorporal · November 4, 1968
- EDSALL A FRICKFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- JIMMY LEE GRIERConstructionman · November 4, 1968
- DAVID B HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WAYNE BURNAMSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 15
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 19
- BILLIE WELDON WILKINSONSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 19
From Johnston
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · October 4, 1966
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- LUTHER WALKER JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- TILLMAN DAVID RODGERS JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
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.