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CLAYTON JOHN MANSFIELD JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 9, 1939 – July 20, 1965
Service recordClayton John Mansfield JR, of Ft Bliss, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 41
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Ft Bliss, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 41
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JOHNNY RAY TRIPLETTSpecialist Four · July 20, 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.