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JAMES LAFAYETTE CLARKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – December 1, 1969
Service recordJames Lafayette Clarkson, of Trion, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Trion, Georgia (Chattooga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 12
- TIMOTHY EUGENE ACHISONLance Corporal · December 1, 1969
- ROBERT RAYMOND BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1969
- JACK CAMPCaptain · December 1, 1969
- GEORGE BURTON COLGAN IIICaptain · December 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LERON LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 13
From Trion
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · June 23, 1966
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.