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RUSSELL LELAND CLAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1952 – March 29, 1971
Service recordRussell Leland Clay, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 91
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1952
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 91
- WILLIAM GAYLE COXSergeant · March 29, 1971
- CHARLES HAROLD EDWARDS JRCaptain · March 29, 1971
- KENT DOUGLAS ERICKSONPrivate · March 29, 1971
- MICHAEL ANGELO FRATTALICorporal · March 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 92
- CRAWFORD HENRY TRAVERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 93
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.