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CLARENCE E TACKETT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1946 – August 8, 1967
Service recordClarence E Tackett, of Hartley, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Hartley, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 92
- WILLIE MICHAEL RHODESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LEONARD WADE ROBERSONLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL KENT EICHBAUERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 90
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 90
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 91
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 92
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
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.