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RANDALL KELVIN CLEMENTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 8, 1951 – September 27, 1971
Service recordRandall Kelvin Clements, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 27
- CHARLES WAYNE TURBERVILLESergeant · September 26, 1971
- HERBERT ELBRIDGE ARMSTRONGSergeant First Class · September 27, 1971
- JAMES FRANKLIN BISHOPPrivate · September 27, 1971
- LUIS HECTOR CAMPOSSergeant · September 27, 1971
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 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.