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WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATE
Private · U.S. Army
May 13, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clayton Shumate, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 31
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 31
- RICHARD ALLAN SHARPEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- ADRIAN EDWARD SIGLERStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- BOBBIE EARL SIKESSergeant · February 19, 1968
- JERRY DONALD SISCO JRPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
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.