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GARY EVERET CLAYTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordGary Everet Clayton, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 17
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- FRED CLINTON DUBOSE IIIStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- JEFFRY ARTHUR LARSONCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- GERALD FRANK RIEDLBERGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- JOSE A C SILVEIRASergeant · Panel 33E, Line 22
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 24
- HENRY VALENZUELA JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.