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CLAYTON LEON CRUCE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 25, 1944 – June 21, 1965
Service recordClayton Leon Cruce, of Tallahassee, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 15
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Tallahassee, Florida (Leon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 15
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- KENNETH WAYNE PARKERLance Corporal · June 21, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
From Tallahassee
- JACK MCBRIDE LISLESergeant First Class · January 1, 1963
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- DOYLE WELLS REEVESLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · April 16, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- ELZIE EUGENE SAMUELSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- OSCAR LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- TERRY PHILIP BRADYCorporal · September 29, 1968
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.