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CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1931 – June 6, 1968
Service recordClarence E Hornbuckle JR, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 30, 1931
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD ANCIL HOLTFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JAMES BYRON HOWARDHospitalman · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 27
- ALVA DEAN HENTHORNCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 4
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
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.