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JOHN ALLEN CLAGGETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – May 20, 1970
Service recordJohn Allen Claggett, of Union, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Union, Missouri (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 69
- RICHARD CHARLES BRULECorporal · May 20, 1970
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- DAVID LEON DAILEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1970
- SALVADOR GUTIERREZ DURANStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMMET CAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 68
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 69
- GARY WAYNE GEARSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 70
- RALPH THOMAS MUELLERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 71
- TONY ROBERT WARDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 73
From Union
- THOMAS JAMES TOLLIVERCaptain · September 18, 1965
- GARY RAY BURNETTSergeant · March 5, 1968
- DALE EDWARD GREIFEWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1970
- RONALD PAUL REMBOLDTSpecialist Four · December 4, 1971
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.