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MERRELL J CLAYBURN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – September 17, 1967
Service recordMerrell J Clayburn, of Jackson, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 82
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Wyoming (Teton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 82
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES DANIELSSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- NEVITT DIEALL DAVISStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE PEREZSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 83
- RONALD G YACKSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 87
From Jackson
- TIMOTHY JUDD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- DENNIS RUSSELL WARTCHOWSergeant · September 5, 1969
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.