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ROBERT DENNIS CLATFELTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Dennis Clatfelter, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 31
- GIOVANNI HENRY CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- FRED JACOBOSEN DANIELSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM DOLAN IIIPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TRAVIS MATLOCKSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 34
- LORENZO RICHARD PETTISCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 35
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.