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DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1942 – June 12, 1966
Service recordDouglas Arthur Clester, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 42
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- JAMES T LOCKRIDGECorporal · June 12, 1966
- RENE CERDA LOPEZSergeant · June 12, 1966
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WALTERSSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.