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JAMES DONALD CLARDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – September 26, 1967
Service recordJames Donald Clardy, of Easley, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Easley, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 14
- RICHARD MAX YELLANDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- SCOTT M BURGESSWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1967
- ARCHIE MONROE CARLYLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1967
- BILLY KIETH DEVASIERLance Corporal · September 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE MONROE CARLYLESpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 14
- JEROME CECIL HADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 15
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · Panel 27E, Line 17
From Easley
- JERRY ALFRED PHILLIPSLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- WILLIAM DONALD GARNERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- HERSHALL TALLENTSergeant · May 10, 1968
- GARY LYNN PACEFirst Lieutenant · March 30, 1971
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.