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CLARANCE ALLEN MOONEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1944 – March 16, 1967
Service recordClarance Allen Mooney, of Medina, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 95
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Medina, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 95
- GLENN DAVID MCELROYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JULIAN ALLAN MCKEELance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- DANNY EUGENE NICKLOWPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 91
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 92
- GARY STEVEN ROWLETTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 97
From Medina
- THOMAS LEE PLANTSPetty Officer Third Class · June 2, 1965
- PAUL OLIVER HARMON JRPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE BLAKESLEESergeant · December 2, 1968
- JACK HATFIELDSergeant · June 5, 1969
- JEROME PAUL ZINDLEPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.