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HOWARD CLANTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 18, 1945 – October 31, 1966
Service recordHoward Clanton, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 132
- DANNY LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- HENRY ARDPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND BOWLING SRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- NATHANIEL BROWNStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1966
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.