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BILLY JOE CLAYBORN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1936 – December 3, 1968
Service recordBilly Joe Clayborn, of Lamar, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 30
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 589 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- February 13, 1936
- Home of record
- Lamar, Arkansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 30
- RONALD RAYMOND CONKLINSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- JOHN CLARK DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
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.