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CLAUDE DOUGLAS PROTZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 6, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordClaude Douglas Protz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 34
- RANDOLPH JOEL STERNSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- NELSON CHRISTAN SWANKERLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE TOLLIVERSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN ARTHUR TOWNSENDSergeant · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANFORD THOMAS ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 13
- DWIGHT ERVYN BOZEMANCorporal · Panel 57E, Line 15
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 15
- LESTER WAYNE COXPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 17
- JAMES VINCENT ANTOLINISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 18
- JOHNNIE WALTER DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 19
- RUSSELL LARNED ENGS IIISergeant · Panel 57E, Line 20
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 21
- JOSEPH GREENESergeant · Panel 57E, Line 22
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 25
- BARRY WAYNE LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 26
- SAMUEL SWANN LINVILLECorporal · Panel 57E, Line 26
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 27
- MICHAEL LANG MITCHELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 57E, Line 28
- CHARLES RICHAR ROSENBUSCHSpecialist Five · Panel 57E, Line 31
- GARRETT TIMOTHY OCONNORPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 32
- RALPH SANCHEZ JRPrivate · Panel 57E, Line 32
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 33
- JIM SILAS TRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 1
- EDWARD TYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.