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GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTS
Captain · U.S. Army
April 30, 1938 – August 6, 1969
Service recordGary Maxwell Clements, of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 100
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 30, 1938
- Home of record
- Walnut Ridge, Arkansas (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 100
- SAMUEL BETZStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND BINK JRPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- NORMAND ALFRED CORBINLance Corporal · August 6, 1969
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
From Walnut Ridge
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
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.