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MICHAEL ROY CLASEN
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 8, 1946 – August 25, 1968
Service recordMichael Roy Clasen, of Napa, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Napa, California (Napa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 12
- RONALD FRANK BUSSLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- CARLOS GUZMAN CARBAJALPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE CARMODYLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT ONEAL CATOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
From Napa
- JACK DANIEL LANELLISpecialist Five · August 31, 1965
- EDWARD WARREN WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- PATRICK DALE MORIARTYChief Petty Officer · March 9, 1968
- ARNOLD JAY FERRARIStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1968
- STEVEN GARY HICKSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE COONRODPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
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.