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CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMB
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1940 – January 13, 1968
Service recordClarence James Claycomb, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 11, 1940
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 41
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- EVERARD AARON DAVISSergeant First Class · January 13, 1968
- WILLIE ROSS DENNISPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 47
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- WILLIAM JOEL RICKMANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 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.