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CECIL ROGER CLAYTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1947 – June 14, 1970
Service recordCecil Roger Clayton, of Fairbank, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairbank, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 53
- JOHN WARREN EMMONS JRLance Corporal · June 14, 1970
- JEFFREY LEE GAYNECorporal · June 14, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES LELEAUXSpecialist Four · June 14, 1970
- MAURILIO MENDEZCorporal · June 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ALLEN BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 52
- JIMMY CARLUS MONTANASpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 54
- MICHAEL LEE WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 55
From Fairbank
- DAVID BRUCE MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.