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CLEM CALVIN GILES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1946 – June 2, 1968
Service recordClem Calvin Giles, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- COLIE ETHERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- HERVE JOSEPH GUAYLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- RICKIE LUKERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.