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CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1946 – July 1, 1967
Service recordClay Samuel Turnham, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 93
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- ARSELL WHITLEYSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
- MELVIN ROY WRIGHTLance Corporal · July 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL OWEN BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 90
- ARSELL WHITLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 93
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
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.