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CLARENCE L WAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1948 – April 22, 1967
Service recordClarence L Way, of Ridgeville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 73
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
- June 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ridgeville, South Carolina (Dorchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 73
- ROGER LEE VERWERSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- HENRY LUE WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- EUGENE EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- ADAM DAVID BALLARDCorporal · April 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL K EASTERLINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 68
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 69
- WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 71
- RAYMOND RIVERS TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 72
From Ridgeville
- VERTIS JAMES HILL JRMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1966
- JOSEPH ODELL STRICKLANDSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- CHRIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
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.