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CLAIR ELISHA REEVES SAINT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – November 23, 1970
Service recordClair Elisha Reeves Saint, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 79
- DARRELL BLANCHARD RICKERStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- ROBERT CARL RUNGECorporal · November 23, 1970
- VERNON GLEN ZORNESCorporal · November 23, 1970
- IAN MCINTOSHWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1970
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.