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HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – April 9, 1970
Service recordHerman Allen Clay JR, of Richmond, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Richmond, Texas (Fort Bend County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 112
- JAMES COONEYStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- DAVID ROY EASLEYLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · April 9, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE GATESPrivate First Class · April 9, 1970
- PHILIP ANTHONY HARRISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN BESCHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 111
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 112
- JAMES DOYLE MACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 114
- JOHN BELK MULLISSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 114
- LEROY NELSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 114
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 115
From Richmond
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · August 9, 1967
- RICHARD MENDOZA CORRALESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- RUDY MORALES BECERRAStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1970
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.