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LARRY JACK CLANTON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 15, 1940 – March 23, 1968
Service recordLarry Jack Clanton, of Cupertino, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 61
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- June 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 61
- ESTEVAN TORRESMaster Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS WELLSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- C W RICHARD WILLIAMSSergeant · March 22, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT BELLAMYPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 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.