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CLAYTON MIDDLETON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1945 – March 18, 1967
Service recordClayton Middleton, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 103
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- OTTO DALE TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD WOLFINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MYRON THOMAS GODDARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL NEAL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 105
- JOHN HENRY WILLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 105
- MICHAEL E MCNEALCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
- RALPH TRAYLOR WOODALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 108
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.