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HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – March 12, 1967
Service recordHarland Gene Clausen JR, of Venice, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 67
- JOSEPH DANIEL ADRIANFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 71
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.