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CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1945 – July 30, 1970
Service recordClyde Lewis Tensley, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 70
- VINCENT PINAULA MOREHAMCorporal · July 30, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 70
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
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.