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CLEO LOCKETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 25, 1942 – November 8, 1965
Service recordCleo Lockett, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 34
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 34
- DAVID LATTIMORE KEELSergeant · November 8, 1965
- VALENTINE MARQUEZPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 29
- BRYANT BRAYBOY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- HERMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 29
- LAWRENCE PAIGE HOWARD JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 29
- MAGNO CAMPOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- SAMUEL ARLEN EIDSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 30
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 30
- BYRON JAMES FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 31
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- KENNETH ERROL GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 31
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · Panel 3E, Line 31
- JOSEPH THOMAS HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 32
- ROBERT WESLEY HARDEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 32
- CLIFTON WILLIAM HARRINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 32
- RUDOLPH RENE AGUILARPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 33
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- JOHN ALBERT HUGHLETTSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 33
- THEODORE R JONES JRSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 33
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
- CLARENCE WILLIAM HOWARDLance Corporal · January 31, 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.