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JAMES WALTER CLEMENTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – August 19, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Clements, of Springfield, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 15
- MARTIN WEIGNER ANDERSENMajor · August 19, 1967
- ROBERT EARL CLOWECorporal · August 19, 1967
- TONY WAYNE COLLIERSpecialist Four · August 19, 1967
- MAURICE CLAUDE DESCOTEAUXStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1967
From Springfield
- JESSE ANDREW PYLESpecialist Five · February 7, 1965
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- RONALD HAROLD JOHNSONSeaman · April 28, 1967
- BOBBIE JOE MOUNTSPrivate · January 5, 1968
- FRED JASON SECRISTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · February 2, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE CRAWFORDWarrant Officer 1 · February 27, 1969
- TIMOTHY ROBERT OWNBEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 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.