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JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 6, 1936 – December 18, 1965
Service recordJack Elliott Clemmons, of Atmore, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 22
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Atmore, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 22
- JIMMIE LYNN BROOKSSergeant First Class · December 18, 1965
- DONALD CLAIR CRUTCHLEYCorporal · December 18, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD FLAGGPrivate · December 18, 1965
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LYNN BROOKSSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 22
- JAMES EDWARD FLAGGPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 22
- EDMUND MACEO MASTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 23
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 25
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4E, Line 25
- JAMES ESCOL THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 26
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 27
From Atmore
- ELMER JACK TAYLORSergeant · March 30, 1966
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ALLEN TWIGGS MERRITT IVPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD BENJAMINCorporal · February 6, 1968
- LARRY BENJAMIN THOMASSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 13, 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.