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CLARENCE ORFIELD TOLBERT
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 4, 1939 – June 11, 1972
Service recordClarence Orfield Tolbert, of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on June 11, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 89
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- June 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Tishomingo, Oklahoma (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 11, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 89
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- WILLIAM LOUIS MILLER IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 5, 1972
- STEVEN LESTER TAYLORSergeant · November 5, 1972
- JOSEPH FREDERICK DENARDOWarrant Officer 1 · November 6, 1972
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.