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CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 15, 1947 – June 1, 1967
Service recordClayton Bentley Lowe JR, of Palmdale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 28
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmdale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 28
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- ROBERT SCHRACK MATERNSergeant · June 1, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
From Palmdale
- MILTON KEITH MCNULTYFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1965
- EUGENE WAYNE BURKHARTPrivate First Class · December 20, 1966
- JOHN RALPH PAINTER JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN KINGPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
- MILTON SHAPIROPetty Officer First Class · February 27, 1969
- ROY GLENN ZUFELTSpecialist Four · March 8, 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.