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GREGORY C CLEMENT
Captain · U.S. Army
April 9, 1938 – February 23, 1967
Service recordGregory C Clement, of Galveston, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM DIV 1 ARVN DIV MACV
- Born
- April 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 78
- JOHN LOUIS BYLONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- JULIAN WAYNE COUCHPlatoon Sergeant · February 23, 1967
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- RICHARD ALAN NANCEAirman First Class · October 25, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.