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JAMES HENRY CLAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – January 3, 1968
Service recordJames Henry Clay, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- CAP S 1 CAG 21 3 MAF
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “CAP S 1 CAG 21 3 MAF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES BRISCOELance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CLAIRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · Panel 33E, Line 26
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.