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LOUIS LAMAR CLANTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1944 – July 8, 1968
Service recordLouis Lamar Clanton, of Collinsville, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 43
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Collinsville, Alabama (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 43
- PAMELA DOROTHY DONOVANSecond Lieutenant · July 8, 1968
- JOHN ROSALEZ GALABIZLance Corporal · July 8, 1968
- TIMOTHY LOUIS HRENCorporal · July 8, 1968
- EDWARD DANIEL JACOBS JRStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ELDON JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 44
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 44
From Collinsville
- CAREY ALLEN CUNNINGHAMCaptain · August 2, 1967
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.