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HUGH CLOWER JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – March 17, 1970
Service recordHugh Clower JR, of Beaver, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Beaver, Oklahoma (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 12
- WILLIAM FRANCIS BROOKSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE CULVERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT FLOYD DICECorporal · March 17, 1970
- CARL LOUIS GILBERTSONSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GREGORY HOWESCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 13
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 14
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12W, Line 14
- ERWIN ROSS SCHMELINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOSEPH THOMASLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12W, Line 15
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Beaver
- WAYNE MICHAEL WILSONCorporal · May 30, 1969
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.