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THOMAS LEONARD CLELAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1941 – July 11, 1967
Service recordThomas Leonard Cleland, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 49
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Antenna Installer Specialist (36D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 49
- ASHER AUBREY ANTHONYPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- LOUIE DON BRISCOE JRSergeant First Class · July 11, 1967
- CHARLES NORMAN BROWNSpecialist Five · July 11, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 51
- ELOY SANTIAGO GRIEGO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 51
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- KENDAL LEE BENNEY JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 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.