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CLARENCE A TEAS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 23, 1942 – April 16, 1966
Service recordClarence A Teas, of Mayflower, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Mayflower, Arkansas (Faulkner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 119
- TOMMIE MAX CRIPECorporal · April 16, 1966
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSONCorporal · April 17, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARRY A QUINTANAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 116
- DANA J MICOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 117
From Mayflower
- RALPH LINDSEY MCCOY JRPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1971
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.