Hilda Clayton

Spc.
Hilda Clayton
Born (1991-05-21)May 21, 1991
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
Died July 2, 2013(2013-07-02) (aged 22)
Jalalabad, Laghman Province

Hilda I. Ortiz Clayton (21 May 1991-2 July 2013) was a U.S. Army combat photographer who was killed 2 July 2013 when a mortar exploded during an Afghan training exercise. She captured the explosion that killed her and four Afghan soldiers.[1] She was in the 55th Signal Company, Combat Camera Unit, 21st Signal Brigade, Fort Meade, Maryland.[2]

Early life

Clayton was born 21 May 1991 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.[3] She graduated in 2009 from Westside High School in Augusta, Georgia.[4]

Military service

On 2 July 2013, Clayton was photographing the training of Afghan National Army soldiers at Jalalabad, Laghman Province, Afghanistan. She was photographing the live firing of a mortar, but the mortar shell exploded while in the launch tube.[5][6] Clayton and an Afghan soldier took pictures at about the same time.

The sources are confused about who took which picture. Stars and Stripes, Military Review, CBS News and Fox News credit the above photo to Clayton.[1][7][8][9] Daily Mail and Army Times attribute another picture to Clayton.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 Martin, David (May 3, 2017). "Army combat photographer's last picture is of her own death". CBS News.
  2. ↑ Hart, John (2 May 2017). "Local Army photographer honored nearly four years after death". WJBF.
  3. ↑ "Spec Hilda I. Ortiz Clayton (1991 - 2013) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com.
  4. ↑ "Hilda Clayton's Obituary on The Augusta Chronicle". The Augusta Chronicle.
  5. ↑ Brown, Wesley (4 July 2013). "Official: Training explosion killed Augusta Army photographer". The Augusta Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Gardiner, Thomas (3 May 2017). "Army releases Spc. Hilda Clayton’s final photographs". The Augusta Chronicle.
  7. ↑ Fichtl, Marcus (1 May 2017). "Army releases images of combat photographer’s final moments before fatal blast". Stars and Stripes.
  8. ↑ "Spc. Hilda I. Clayton: May 21, 1991 to July 2, 2013". Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army. Army University Press. May–June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Army photographer captures her own death in mortar explosion". 3 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Blakeley, Kiri (1 May 2017). "The last thing a hero combat photographer saw before she died: Army releases harrowing image of mortar blast that killed 22-year-old". Daily Mail.
  11. ↑ Diamond, Christopher (1 May 2017). "Army releases combat photographer's last photos before fatal explosion". Army Times.
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