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DARREL JAY CLODFELTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1950 – January 12, 1971
Service recordDarrel Jay Clodfelter, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 42
- STEPHEN EDWARD HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- EDWARD JOHN KAPUSTASergeant · January 12, 1971
- BILLY RAY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · January 12, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES LAFLAMMESergeant First Class · January 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BILLY RAY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 42
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.