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CLAIR DUANE DOTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1940 – May 5, 1964
Service recordClair Duane Doty, of Hillsdale, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 5, 1940
- Home of record
- Hillsdale, Michigan (Hillsdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 51
- GEORGE RICHARD GRAHAMWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1964
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · May 5, 1964
- WILLIAM JOHN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
Same unit, same day
- COURTNEY PRICE HOLLAR JRMajor · Panel 1E, Line 51
From Hillsdale
- DONALD LEE BENNETTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- CLIFFORD LYNN BREEDEN JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- DAVID SCOTT GREILINGCommander · July 24, 1968
- DALE ELWYN COLLYERMaster Sergeant · January 9, 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.