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CLARENCE T RISHER III
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 23, 1942 – January 31, 1968
Service recordClarence T Risher III, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 31, 1968, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 32
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Born
- September 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Chau Doc Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 32
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HARRY F RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE RIEGELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAMON LIGOURI RITCHIECorporal · January 31, 1968
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.