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DONNIE JOE CLOUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1949 – September 9, 1969
Service recordDonnie Joe Clough, of Charleston, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Charleston, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 61
- TERRY LEE DENNEYWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1969
- DELBERT DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 9, 1969
- DAVID DUANE ELSBERNDCorporal · September 9, 1969
- MICHEL JACK GRECOSecond Lieutenant · September 9, 1969
From Charleston
- STANLEY ROBERT HUTCHISONSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · September 13, 1971
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.