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CLYDE B BRAUGHTON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1947 – January 31, 1968
Service recordClyde B Braughton JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 88
- STEPHEN LEE BRADDOCKSecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN PAUL BRAGA JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
- DAVID CHAPPELL BROWNFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · Panel 35E, Line 89
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 1
- ALFRED PATRICK L COFFROTHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 3
- SAM HARRIS GALLOWAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 9
- GIDEON PICHA JOHNSONSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 18
- HELMUT GUSTAV LAKASZUSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JAMES PERRY LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 20
- JOSEPH VIETO MARRONESpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 24
- RUSSELL E MILBERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 25
- MICHAEL ALAN POGUEPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 31
- JAMES STANCELL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 38
- JAMES LEWIS WAGESSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 38
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 42
- STEVEN WILLIAM ZIEGLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 44
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.