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HUGH CONRAD CLAUSEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 10, 1944 – September 22, 1966
Service recordHugh Conrad Clausen, of Ellensburg, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Ellensburg, Washington (Kittitas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 131
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- DENNIS DALE BRADLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1966
- BILLY JACKSON DAILEYSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 131
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 132
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 133
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 1
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
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.