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CLYDE DAVID DOWNARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 21, 1949 – October 24, 1968
Service recordClyde David Downard JR, of Foster, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Foster, Kentucky (Bracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 28
- ROBERT TERRENCE DUNNSergeant · October 24, 1968
- DAVID LYNN EVANSSpecialist Four · October 24, 1968
- ARNOLD M MARCHLEWICZPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINCorporal · October 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD M MARCHLEWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 28
- JAMES PATRICK MRAZIKPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 29
- ROOSEVELT SPEIGHTSPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 30
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.