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DENNIS LEE CLYMER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 18, 1950 – July 18, 1970
Service recordDennis Lee Clymer, of Eureka, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 27
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Eureka, Illinois (Woodford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 27
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN DICKUSWarrant Officer 1 · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM A NORRENBROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 29
From Eureka
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- BERNARD LUDWIG BUCHERMajor · May 12, 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.