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JAMES WILFORD CLAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJames Wilford Clay, of Waterford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Waterford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 14
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- DONALD EVERETT DALTONSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- CURTIS RAY DANIELSStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- JOHN ALANSON DIXONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CRIS HOLLIDAYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 15
- HERMAN LEROY JUDY JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 15
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 17
- JOE RODRIGUEZCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 18
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 18
- CRAIG EDWARD YATESCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 19
From Waterford
- PATRICK ROBERT WOLFE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 19, 1968
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS VINCENT DAILEYSenior Master Sergeant · December 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD DORSE JRCorporal · January 7, 1970
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.