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CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – June 14, 1968
Service recordChristopher Elliott Clay, of Alto, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Alto, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 16
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- CHARLES SYLVESTER BERANEKFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 18
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 18
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 19
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 20
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 21
From Alto
- LEE EDWARD HIMEBAUGHCorporal · May 27, 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.