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CLYDE GLENN GENTLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 25, 1944 – August 11, 1967
Service recordClyde Glenn Gentle, of Woodville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 99
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Woodville, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 99
- KENNETH ALLEN BERUBEFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1967
- EDWARD AUBREY COFFEYMaster Sergeant · August 11, 1967
- HENRY BRIAN GRAMMERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- DONNIE WINFIELD YOUNGPrivate First Class · August 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL LEE MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 100
- ALBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 100
- JOSEPH STANLEY YANCYSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 101
From Woodville
- WILLARD GORDON BELLOMYSpecialist Four · August 18, 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.