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MICHAEL MARSHALL CLAYTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1946 – April 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Marshall Clayton, of Kearns, Utah, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Kearns, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 6
- JERRY JUNIOR CHAPMANSergeant · April 20, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ROME EDWARD DIMMERLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE GLIDDENPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
From Kearns
- RICHARD TOBY TRUJILLOCorporal · June 7, 1966
- CURTIS BURKE BUGGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- BILL NORMAN DALTONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOHN SOMMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN BROWNCorporal · April 27, 1970
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · February 7, 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.