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WILLIAM CLAYTON MCDOWELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1937 – April 5, 1971
Service recordWilliam Clayton McDowell, of Brunswick, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 109
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Supervisor (94Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 4, 1937
- Home of record
- Brunswick, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 109
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · April 5, 1971
- MICHAEL MONROE SCOTTSergeant · April 5, 1971
- FRANK THOMAS BURTONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1971
- CLAUDE ROBERT GIBBONSSergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAY GLEN DESMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 108
- DAVID BARTLETT FITZGERALDMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- ARTHUR GLASSMaster Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 108
- JAMES ARTHUR LOUXSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 109
From Brunswick
- ARTHUR MITCHELL DOWNSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RHODESLance Corporal · January 30, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- WILLIS LEROY WOODPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM TYLER HANCOCKPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- DAVID WATSON BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · December 11, 1968
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 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.