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CLYDE WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – September 19, 1969
Service recordClyde William Saunders, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 115
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 554 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 115
- J LYNN STENHOUSE JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TUELL IIICorporal · September 19, 1969
- CHARLES HERMAN WRIGHTCorporal · September 19, 1969
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.