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CLARENCE EDWARD WASHINGTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1942 – May 10, 1967
Service recordClarence Edward Washington, of Natchez, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 88
- DONALD ALAN PITTENGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JAMES NEIL TYCZSergeant · May 10, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD YOUNGSergeant · May 10, 1967
From Natchez
- JOHNNIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- DAVID E JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1967
- EARNEST GLYNN NELSONStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LOFTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- THOMAS WARING BENNETT JRMajor · December 22, 1972
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.