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WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY III
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1941 – April 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Clifton Clay III, of Henderson, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 18
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vme (Jet) (7333)
- Born
- September 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Henderson, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 18
- COLBURN BROWNSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES HURSTSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- CLYDE REED JRAirman Second Class · April 12, 1967
From Henderson
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- PHILLIP EARL TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- HENRY THOMAS LEONARDSergeant · November 11, 1966
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- DONALD ARRINGTON JOYNERLieutenant Colonel · December 27, 1972
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.