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JOHN W CLAYTON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 29, 1936 – November 20, 1966
Service recordJohn W Clayton, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- August 29, 1936
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 94
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- TRAVIS GLEN CRAINLance Corporal · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
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.