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GEORGE ROBERT CLAYPOOL
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1931 – August 12, 1968
Service recordGeorge Robert Claypool, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- October 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 51
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNINECorporal · August 12, 1968
- LEONARD WAYNE CHRISTESONPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- BOBBY JOE CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.