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CLAYTON ALLEN FANNIN
Captain · U.S. Army
October 4, 1937 – January 10, 1963
Service recordClayton Allen Fannin, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 1E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1963
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1963. In January 1963, 14 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 16
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- BOYCE EUGENE LAWSONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1963
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
From Bakersfield
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 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.