The Wall › Panel 1E › California › Clarence Clement Tessman
CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMAN
Captain · U.S. Navy
November 22, 1913 – August 10, 1963
Service recordClarence Clement Tessman, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1963, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 49. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 26
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Dental Corps (2200)
- Born
- November 22, 1913
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1963
- Age
- 49
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1963; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1963, 10 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 26
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- ARTHUR EUGENE BEDALFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1963
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD GORDON LOGANMajor · August 23, 1963
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 1966
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.