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CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – February 23, 1969
Service recordClarence Dean Russell, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 19
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 19
- JAY LEE ROBBINS JRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- HENRY MILLARD ROBINSON JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DUANE CLARK ROMEOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WINFORD ALLEN NASSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 12
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 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.