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CLARENCE RAY HUSK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1939 – May 12, 1967
Service recordClarence Ray Husk, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 96
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHESTER LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JOHN WENDELL JACKSONCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 92
- RAYMOND ANDREW GIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 95
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.