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CLARENCE ALTON CORLEY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – September 28, 1969
Service recordClarence Alton Corley JR, of Gilbert, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Gilbert, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 15
- CHARLES THOMAS DEATONPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- STANLEY WAYNE DOAKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- CHARLES HENRY EMERY JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1969
- THOMAS JEFFERSON GABBARDSergeant · September 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE LOWELL GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 16
- EMMETT DWAINE JAMESSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 16
From Gilbert
- BRUCE DAVISCorporal · March 4, 1966
- RALPH JERRY GREERSpecialist Five · July 5, 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.