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JAY OWEN CLARKSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – April 15, 1970
Service recordJay Owen Clarkson, of Creve Coeur, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Creve Coeur, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 5
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- SANDRO NICHOLAS BARONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1970
- ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 15, 1970
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY EUGENE CURRIEPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 6
- JOSEPH DIGREGORIOPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 6
- WILLIAM RICHARD DISANTISCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 6
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 7
- JOHN HOWARD POHLMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 9
- THURMAN WILLIAM WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 11
From Creve Coeur
- JAMES ALOYISUS BRENNANCorporal · January 31, 1968
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PHILIP HENRY REITHER JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1969
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 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.