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CLARENCE CORNELIUS WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1939 – March 9, 1966
Service recordClarence Cornelius Wilson, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 134
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 134
- EUGENE FRANCIS ROBINSONFirst Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES JESSE FORDSergeant · March 10, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.