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JOSEPH CLEMONS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1924 – December 10, 1966
Service recordJoseph Clemons, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 26
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 20, 1924
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1966; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 26
- WILLIAM YOUNGPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY BATORLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE BROOKSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE CROUSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.