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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Earl Clowe.

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ROBERT EARL CLOWE

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 9, 1944 – August 19, 1967

Service record

Robert Earl Clowe, of Mossyrock, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 25E · Line 15

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Military Police (95B)
Unit (as recorded)
720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
Born
October 9, 1944
Home of record
Mossyrock, Washington (Lewis County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 19, 1967
Age
22
Province
Tay Ninh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Mossyrock

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.