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ROBERT LEE CLAMPFFER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Clampffer, of Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 2
- LARRY BRISCOESergeant · May 6, 1968
- KARL LEE BULLARDFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 37
- DAVID AZORESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 38
- ANGEL LUIS BURGOS-CRUZADOPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BENJAMIN LOWELL HINNANTSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 8
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- EARNEST LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- TERRY LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 12
- STANLEY JOSEPH VOSSENSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 17
From Cornwells Heights
- RONALD JAMES SIENGOSecond Lieutenant · December 25, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE DENNISLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- NEIL WILLIAM WEINTRAUBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
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.