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ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTS
Captain · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – November 23, 1969
Service recordRobert Andrew Clements, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 112
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 112
- GRAYLAND JONESPrivate First Class · November 23, 1969
- VINCENT BURKE LEESecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1969
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- ALBERT EDEN PARKERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER CAMERON BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 111
- STANLEY JOSEPH EGANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 111
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
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.