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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Clyde Wilson Enderle.

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CLYDE WILSON ENDERLE

Major · U.S. Air Force

January 20, 1937 – March 19, 1970

Service record

Clyde Wilson Enderle, of Port Clinton, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 19, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 12W · Line 20

Position of Panel 12W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Major (MAJ)
Service
Regular
Born
January 20, 1937
Home of record
Port Clinton, Ohio (Ottawa County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 19, 1970
Age
33
Province
Darlac
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Darlac Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 12W, Line 20

From Port Clinton

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.