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CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1950 – April 19, 1970
Service recordClarence Edward Umstot, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 26
- LEE ALLEN STEDMANCorporal · April 19, 1970
- FREDDIE THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1970
- ROBERT CARL TRIGGSergeant First Class · April 19, 1970
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 24
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 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.