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LEE WILLIAM CLORE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 17, 1951 – January 11, 1971
Service recordLee William Clore, of Westchester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Westchester, New York (Bronx County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 39
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · January 11, 1971
- ROBERT DENNIS BLACK JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1971
- RICHARD VINCENT BLACKBURNCorporal · January 11, 1971
- ALLEN RAY GRAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD WAYNE BETHARDSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 39
- REX ALAN VOGELPOHLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 41
From Westchester
- HUGH FRANCIS WINTERHALTERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MCGOEYSergeant · June 2, 1967
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.