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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Clemmie James Tomlinson.

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CLEMMIE JAMES TOMLINSON

Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

June 19, 1924 – January 19, 1967

Service record

Clemmie James Tomlinson, of Moultrie, Georgia, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 19, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 54

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Master Sergeant (MSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
June 19, 1924
Home of record
Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 19, 1967
Age
42
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 54

From Moultrie

All 15 names from Moultrie →

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.