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CLAYBURN MCGEE HATCHER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 18, 1942 – April 25, 1969
Service recordClayburn McGee Hatcher, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Materiel Supply Specialist (76T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 46
- SAMUEL ALONZO BESSENTSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- EMERSON E HELLERLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1969
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSergeant · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KELLY JRCorporal · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 46
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.