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CLARENCE LEE SEXTON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1929 – July 30, 1966
Service recordClarence Lee Sexton, of New Bern, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 9E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USA STACOM 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1929
- Home of record
- New Bern, North Carolina (Craven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 90
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- LARRY THOMAS NELSONPrivate · July 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
From New Bern
- CHARLES KENNEDY LOVELACEMajor · June 22, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · February 29, 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.