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CLAYTON HENRY JOHNSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordClayton Henry Johnson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 23
- CAREY LEE JOHNSLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- LITAEL JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- STEVEN BRUCE LAVIGNELance Corporal · June 18, 1968
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.