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JACK CRAIG CARCLAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 28, 1947 – May 3, 1968
Service recordJack Craig Carclay, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 23
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 23
- ROBERT DOUGLAS AVERYCaptain · May 3, 1968
- PAUL LEROY BARKERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE BOLINDERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 23
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 28
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 29
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 30
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.