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CLAYTON DONALD WHITCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 25, 1948 – April 7, 1970
Service recordClayton Donald Whitcher, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 105
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 105
- WILLIAM BRENT TURNERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
- BRIAN JOHN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
- DENIS JAMES ZIMPRICHSpecialist Four · April 7, 1970
- PAUL WAYNE ANTHONYAirman First Class · April 8, 1970
From Cuyahoga Falls
- HOWARD LEROY BARDENCaptain · January 31, 1967
- OWEN RAY EMERYFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1967
- JAMES DOUGLAS FAZZINOCorporal · June 11, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- RONALD FREDERICK YALEFirst Lieutenant · March 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
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.