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CLAY EDWARD DOWNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – February 12, 1967
Service recordClay Edward Downey, of Jackson, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Ohio (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 19
- KEVIN JAMES CARROLLPrivate First Class · February 12, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 21
- ROBERT LEON KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 21
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 21
- HARMON JULIOUS PIGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
- GERALD RICCICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 22
- EDDIE JAMES SCOTTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 22
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 23
- RICHARD NEAL SLAVINPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 23
From Jackson
- LARRY GENE DEARINGPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- RALPH FERGUSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
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.