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LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordLionel Timothy Clover, of College Park, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- College Park, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 6
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMSenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JRSergeant · May 22, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 11
- JOHN HAROLD TOMENYSpecialist Five · Panel 66E, Line 1
From College Park
- WESLEY RICE MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · February 9, 1968
- JAMES EGBERT DICKERSONPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · July 8, 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.