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CLARK EDWARD CLEVELAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – September 14, 1967
Service recordClark Edward Cleveland, of Elberton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Elberton, Georgia (Elbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 70
- HAROLD JEFFREY CANANSergeant · September 14, 1967
- DONALD BARRY DRAYPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
- EDWARD TERRY HARRISON JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GREG LOW GESSELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 71
From Elberton
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
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.