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CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMEL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1941 – October 21, 1967
Service recordClarence Joseph Hemmel, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 612 TFS
- Born
- October 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28E, Line 48
- CLAUDE YOUNGStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1967
- WAYNE MEDDIE CARDINALSpecialist Four · October 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DOOLEYLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 1969
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.