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CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordClarence A Roussell JR, of Hollis, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 32
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 32
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM T ROGERS IVSergeant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES ELDON ROSEStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MALCOLM RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RONALD ROYCE RYANCorporal · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HENRY BATOZYNSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 13
- JERRY ALLEN BEATTYSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 13
- FLOYD MCFADDENSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 28
- JOHN B SHANKSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 34
- GREGORY KENT WHITEHOUSECaptain · Panel 43E, Line 38
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES NELSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
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.