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CLAYTON WILLARD NEAVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – June 11, 1970
Service recordClayton Willard Neaves, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 44
- GORDON T KIMBRELL JRCaptain · June 11, 1970
- ROBERT CHARLES MCANDREWSergeant · June 11, 1970
- FRANKLIN DELANO MEYERSpecialist Four · June 11, 1970
- RAYMOND RIEDE UHLSergeant · June 11, 1970
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.