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CHRISTOPHER L CLEARWATERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – February 20, 1971
Service recordChristopher L Clearwaters, of Seattle, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 123
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 123
- CARLOS MARTINEZ DELGADOCorporal · February 20, 1971
- RICHARD BERYL FRAZIERSergeant · February 20, 1971
- DENNIS ELBERT GILLILANDSpecialist Four · February 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 124
- BRIAN WALLACE KONGFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 125
- WILLIAM WALTER MALONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 125
- GLENN WELDON MCCARTYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 126
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.