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CURVIN CLAYTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1950 – September 13, 1970
Service recordCurvin Clayton, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 60
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 60
- THOMAS PAUL COFFINOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- JON COLESergeant · September 13, 1970
- FRANKLIN MATTHEW CORL JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS WAYNE GENTRYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 61
- JAMES TAYLOR WALDRONSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 62
- TYRONE CALVIN WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 63
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.