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ROBERT LEE CLEWLOW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1948 – March 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Clewlow, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 66
- ROBERT JAMES COMSTOCKStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- MAURICE ALAN COOPERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- LONNIE JOE CRISMONHospitalman · March 9, 1968
- RICHARD DALE FEIROStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 67
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 67
- LEROY BRIAN ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 69
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 3
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.