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DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – January 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Michael Clavier, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 34
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 47 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 34
- FRED EUGENE ANDREWSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- REGINALD WUNG YETT CHUNPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- COY G STAYTONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.