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CLYDE WILLIAM WITHEE
Private · U.S. Army
March 30, 1945 – February 25, 1966
Service recordClyde William Withee, of Skowhegan, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 77
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Skowhegan, Maine (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 77
- JOHN BERNARD CAUSEYCaptain · February 25, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL TERMINISeaman · February 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JESSE JAMES BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 76
- FRANKLIN VINCENT BRODNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 76
- GEORGE WALLY WOODALLPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 78
From Skowhegan
- JOSEPH RALPH FOSSSpecialist Five · April 5, 1965
- DAVID RUSSELL BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
- ALLEN LEA WARDPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- TERRY CHARLES CORSONSergeant · September 8, 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.