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KENNETH RAY CLOPTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1943 – July 2, 1967
Service recordKenneth Ray Clopton, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 98
- RONALD CHARLESLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- FEDELE ANTHONY CICEROCaptain · July 2, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 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.