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CLAUDE TALBERT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1946 – October 8, 1965
Service recordClaude Talbert JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 113
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 113
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE EUGENE HUFFPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 112
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JERRY ALLAN HIEMERSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.