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CLAYTON ANDREW SONGLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – March 5, 1969
Service recordClayton Andrew Songle, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 49
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- ALVIN MAYNARD SLATONCorporal · March 5, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN STRUCELPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · Panel 30W, Line 42
- MICHAEL ARTHUR DUNNEBACKPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 43
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 43
- DAVID PAUL JACOBSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 45
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 47
- JOHN ALEXANDER NOWAKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 48
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 50
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.