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EDWARD ORAN CLAEYS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – May 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Oran Claeys, of Fremont, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 13
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- BENNY LEE BUTLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 121
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · Panel 20E, Line 12
- MARVIN EUGENE CUTRERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 13
- WINFRED ALDERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 14
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 15
- JOSEPH O FRIGAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 15
- WILSON TRUMAN GERALDSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 15
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 16
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 19
- WILLIAM COY TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 20
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.