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DAWSON CLEMENTS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1938 – October 3, 1968
Service recordDawson Clements, of Glenwood, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 66
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Glenwood, Georgia (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 66
- WAYNE PHILIP BUNDYCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BYRONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- DANIEL L LEEPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE CONROYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DONALD JAMES CRAMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DAVID JOSEPH DELLANGELOSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DAVID A DISRUDSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- ALLEN EDWARD GOMESSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 69
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 70
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 72
- DAVID B PERREAULTSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 72
- JERRY LEE PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 72
- DENNIS DEAN REESESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 1
- ROBERT DALE TOMLINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 1
- MICHAEL DUANE SEESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 2
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 3
From Glenwood
- ROGER LEE BONNER JRPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- MELVIN POOLELance Corporal · July 14, 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.