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CLAUDIUS AUGUSTUS SMALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1942 – March 21, 1971
Service recordClaudius Augustus Small, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1942
- Home of record
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 64
- JAMES WALTER MANTHEIWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
- BILLIE JAYE MARLINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1971
- LARRY MAURICE MASONPrivate · March 21, 1971
- ANDRE BARRY TIMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALAN EUNICE DAVISCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 63
From San Juan
- GILBERTO SOTO-GARCIAStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1966
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · April 6, 1967
- VICTOR R VELAZQUEZ-LOPEZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- SOCORRO PEREIRASergeant First Class · January 6, 1968
- RAMON LOPEZSergeant First Class · March 13, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- GASPAR CRUZ-LEBRONPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
- MAXIMILIANO DAVILA-TORRESSergeant · May 22, 1970
- JOSEPH AUGUSTINA AUBAINSpecialist Four · November 28, 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.