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CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1947 – February 22, 1969
Service recordClayton Kenneth Hough JR, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1969, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2010
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 3
- MILTON JOSEPH JONESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 9, 1970
- JULIAN LUNASergeant First Class · July 9, 1970
- JAMES LUTTGENSSergeant · July 9, 1970
- BERNARD LYNCHSergeant · July 9, 1970
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2010, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.