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CLINTON CARL WUSTERBARTH
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – March 18, 1968
Service recordClinton Carl Wusterbarth, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
82 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 32
- GARRY EUGENE KINGStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- HOWARD KEITH WILLIAMSLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WYRICKLieutenant · March 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BARRCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 17
- WILLIAM EARL COFRANSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 19
- JOHN ANTHONY FERAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 20
- TOMMY DARRELL MABESergeant · Panel 45E, Line 24
- CARL LEE MERCHANTSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 25
From Manitowoc
- CURTIS JOHN STECKBAUERCaptain · July 1, 1963
- VICTOR JOSEPH KOHLBECKSergeant First Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
- DAVID LEE ZYWICKELance Corporal · December 7, 1967
- TODD R JACKSONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- JOHN ROY KNORRSpecialist Four · May 5, 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.