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CLAYTON LIGGINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1941 – February 15, 1968
Service recordClayton Liggins, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 50
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1941
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 50
- THOMAS JOSEPH MARGLECaptain · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- DOMENICO MORGERA JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- PATRICK WILLIAM MURPHYLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARRY REGINALD POWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 52
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.