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DAVID FRANK CLEEREMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 12, 1949 – January 29, 1969
Service recordDavid Frank Cleereman, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “I CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 13
- HUGH ELROY BEST IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 29, 1969
- JIMMY LEE CULWELLSergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM DALEYLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- JESSE LEONARD ELLISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 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.