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CLARENCE RAY BRAME
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1944 – May 21, 1966
Service recordClarence Ray Brame, of Henderson, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Henderson, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 93
- ROSTEN WAYNE BISHOPPetty Officer First Class · May 21, 1966
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 88
- JAMES FRANCIS BROOKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 89
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 92
- LOUIS BUCKLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 94
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 94
- CHARLES A GAINESSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 95
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 96
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 97
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 98
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 99
- A V SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 99
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 99
- LONNIE CLIFFORD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
From Henderson
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- PHILLIP EARL TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- DONALD ARRINGTON JOYNERLieutenant Colonel · December 27, 1972
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.