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CLAUDE CHARLES BETTY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1943 – October 18, 1967
Service recordClaude Charles Betty, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 18, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- May 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 October 18, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 33
- JIMMY MAC BRASHERCaptain · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT YATES SRLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK BARRLieutenant Commander · October 18, 1967
- JOSEPH OTIS BOOKERPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
From Webster
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
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.