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CLARENCE EUGENE HARPER JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – December 29, 1969
Service recordClarence Eugene Harper JR, of Rockmart, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 107
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 572 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockmart, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 107
- FRED MILTON ELLISSeaman · December 29, 1969
- CURTIS GOODPrivate First Class · December 29, 1969
- GLENN RICHARD GRADECKICorporal · December 29, 1969
- GARY VAUGHN LOVELLETTESpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
From Rockmart
- THOMAS LEROY FORBESMaster Sergeant · September 12, 1967
- ANTHONY ODELL STRINGERPetty Officer Third Class · March 1, 1968
- GROVER LYNN SUITCorporal · September 8, 1968
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · January 25, 1969
- HOMER VIRGIL LEEStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- GUY LAMAR MEARS JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 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.