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EDWARD FRANCIS CLENNON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1946 – May 25, 1969
Service recordEdward Francis Clennon, of Joliet, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Joliet, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia 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
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · 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
- DUANE LEON CLOUSESergeant · 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 Joliet
- MICHAEL IRA SHANERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- ALBERT LEE VICICHCorporal · October 5, 1966
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLAN SLAGELPrivate · April 5, 1967
- LARRY JOHN MELOYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1967
- VERNON BERNABE VENEGASCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN KEITHSeaman · January 11, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW BURZAWA JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK LEWISLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY BOSWELLCorporal · April 14, 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.