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BILLY JACK CLAYTON
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 4, 1939 – October 3, 1966
Service recordBilly Jack Clayton, of Williston, Florida, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Williston, Florida (Levy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 38
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- BELMIRO TAVARES JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- DALE ARDEN WAIDSergeant · October 2, 1966
- KENNETH ORVILLE ALFSTADPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
From Williston
- JOSEPH WAYNE BRYA ALLWOODSpecialist Five · July 31, 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.