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CLYDE EDWARD LONG JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – June 27, 1967
Service recordClyde Edward Long JR, of Bridgeport, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Bridgeport, Illinois (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 71
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- FREDDIE LEE JOHNSONLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- PAUL EDDIE KINCAIDSergeant · June 27, 1967
- CHARLES AARON LYNCHLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS BERNARD GAISERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 70
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 73
From Bridgeport
- HAROLD VICTOR SMITHColonel · March 7, 1966
- LARRY WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.