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CLARENCE FRANK BRISTOL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 21, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordClarence Frank Bristol, of St Ignatius, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 9
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- St Ignatius, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 9
- HENRY BRABOSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- JAMES JEROME BRANHAMPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ALAN WAYNE BRESHEARSPetty Officer Third Class · August 12, 1969
- GRADY LEE BREWERPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRADY LEE BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 9
- STANLEY ALFRED MENSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 18
- CARL PARTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 19
From St Ignatius
- JEAN BAPTISTE INCASHOLAPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- JOSEPH LOUIS POKERJIMPrivate · October 12, 1967
- GILBERT LEROY ZERBSTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- DALE FRANKLIN ROLLINSSergeant First Class · November 13, 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.