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DUANE LEON CLOUSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – May 25, 1969
Service recordDuane Leon Clouse, of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Eaton Rapids, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 102
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DONALD JAMES DEEVERSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK DUFFY JRSergeant · May 25, 1969
- WAYNE ERIC GARVENCorporal · May 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNONPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 102
- DONALD WILLIAM IDEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 103
- JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 105
- THOMAS BERNHARD PAYNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 106
From Eaton Rapids
- ALVIN CHARLES MCMANN JRSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- ELGIE GEORGE HANNAPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.