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CLAYTON HENRY BYERS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1948 – May 24, 1967
Service recordClayton Henry Byers JR, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 93
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- LAWRENCE NORMAN WELKSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- JOHN CALVIN BETTISLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.