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EDWARD ROGER CLAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1944 – June 10, 1968
Service recordEdward Roger Clay, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 18
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 18
- TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELDPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- LEROY DIGSBYCorporal · June 10, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 17
- JULIO SERRANO-RIVERAPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 19
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
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.