The Wall › Panel 27E › Michigan › Clarence Rivers
CLARENCE RIVERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 25, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordClarence Rivers, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 31
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 31
- LYNELL NEBLETTLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CULLEN BARKSDALE JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 27
- WILLIE FARMER JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 27
- JAMES BENJAMIN FIELDSSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- DAVID ANTHONY GENTRYCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 28
- KENNETH LEON GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 28
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 28
- CRAIG ALLAN MCDANIELStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- CLYDE VERNON MOOREFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 30
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 30
- ROBERT JEREMIAH SMITHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- GEORGE HENRY ULRICHCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 32
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 33
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.