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CLAYTON DAVIS WRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1944 – July 14, 1968
Service recordClayton Davis Wright, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 32
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 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 32
- STEVEN JOSEPH SCOTTLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- SAMUEL THOMAS SMITH JRLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- RICHARD BERRY TAYLORPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- WAYNE JACKSON VESSELLPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAINCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 27
- RICHARD GEORGE LIEWERSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 28
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.