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JAMES THOMAS CLAIR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – January 3, 1968
Service recordJames Thomas Clair, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 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 HENRY CLAYCorporal · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ROBERT BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 25
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 32
- PAUL RAYMOND STRIEPEPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.