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CLYDE ALLEN WENRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – October 2, 1969
Service recordClyde Allen Wenrick, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 32
- KEAVIN LEE TERRELLPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- REYNALDO ROCILLO VIADOSeaman · October 2, 1969
- RICHARD LAVERN WISSLER JRPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANK DUARTE JRPrivate · Panel 17W, Line 27
- PAUL HARLAN KRUSESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 29
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
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.