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CHARLES EDWARD CLAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 12, 1937 – February 26, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Clay, of East Prairie, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1937
- Home of record
- East Prairie, Missouri (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 65
- GEORGE PORTEOUS COLLINSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1969
- HOBART EARL COVINGTONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CHESTER LEBLONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 69
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 71
- WILLIAM BERNARD WILSONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 75
From East Prairie
- TOMMY DOYLE HIGGERSONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD CARLYLEPrivate First Class · January 24, 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.