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DONALD ALAN CLARBOUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – November 6, 1969
Service recordDonald Alan Clarbour, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 37
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
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Arlington Heights, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 37
- RONALD LAWRENCE DELONGCorporal · November 6, 1969
- ROBERT ALFRED DONDEROSergeant Major · November 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SCHEELYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLISON ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 36
- LENNIS GODDARD JONES JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 39
From Arlington Heights
- SAMMY LOWELL HARTZELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1966
- ROBERT ERLE BARDACHPetty Officer Second Class · October 14, 1967
- DANIEL RICHARD SCHUERENCaptain · February 25, 1968
- HARRY LEE CRAIGLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL DABBERTPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
- MICHAEL R BLANCHFIELDSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- SCOTT NELSON JACOBSONPrivate · February 27, 1972
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.