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DERRELL W CLEMMER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 20, 1937 – September 20, 1968
Service recordDerrell W Clemmer, of Willow, Oklahoma, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 45
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Willow, Oklahoma (Greer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 45
- JOHN MICHAEL BATHFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1968
- DONNIE WAYNE BROWNLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
- ROBERT ALVA BROWN IISergeant · September 20, 1968
- LARRY DONNELL DOSSLance Corporal · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CURTIS HARPERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 46
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.