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LARRY DEAN CLAYBROOK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 21, 1944 – January 27, 1967
Service recordLarry Dean Claybrook, of Hillsboro, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Illinois (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 85
- MARVIN DALE BENNETTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- DONALD WARD EVANS JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
From Hillsboro
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · January 15, 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.