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CLAYTON WADE JAMES
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – May 10, 1971
Service recordClayton Wade James, of Amelia, Virginia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 29
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Amelia, Virginia (Amelia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 29
- JAMES MARTIN LUTTRELLSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- HERBERT OHLERSergeant First Class · May 10, 1971
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · May 10, 1971
- ALEXANDER QUIROZSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- NOEL BRUCE WITMERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 31
From Amelia
- FRANKLIN LEE CAREYCorporal · October 15, 1967
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.