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MICHAEL ALLEN CLAUSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – March 5, 1969
Service recordMichael Allen Clause, of Labadieville, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Labadieville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 42
- GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWNSergeant First Class · March 5, 1969
- GEORGE ALLAN CALLANFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- JIMMIE DEE COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1969
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDERIC NATHANIEL ASHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 41
- JOHN KENNETH SUBLETT JRCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 49
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.