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JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJoseph Allan Clingerman, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 3
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- EDWARD W COLLINS IIISecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS LYNN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JAY ALAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LEE ALDRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 37
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 2
- RODNEY ALLEN CRANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 4
- THOMAS AMISS FOXCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 6
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 9
- LARRY LEE KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 10
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MCGINTYPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 13
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 13
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 16
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.