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CLARENCE JEFFERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – March 19, 1968
Service recordClarence Jefferson JR, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 34
- SAM ZEB HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- JEFFREY ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- BILLY DON KENNINGTONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- NIKOLAI KIATKINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
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.