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RICHARD REX CLAXTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1946 – June 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Rex Claxton, of Eldon, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Eldon, Missouri (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 39
- DONALD CHRISTIEStaff Sergeant · June 13, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL ETHERTONCorporal · June 13, 1969
- DARRYL GRANT FRANCISCOPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- NEAL CLINTON WARDMajor · June 13, 1969
From Eldon
- JAMES LEWIS WOODSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- JIMMY DON LESTERSergeant · April 15, 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.