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CLARENCE EDGAR WATERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – September 12, 1967
Service recordClarence Edgar Waters, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 64
- RUSSELL JAMES SWANHARTLance Corporal · September 12, 1967
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- MACK ARTHUR ALSTONSpecialist Four · September 13, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 63
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
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.