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CLAUDE CARROLL SUPINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1945 – November 5, 1966
Service recordClaude Carroll Supinger, of Centreville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Centreville, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 30
- RICHARD ALLEN SPANGLERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GEORGE GERALD STOLLSergeant · November 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE TAYLORSergeant · November 5, 1966
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.