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WILLARD LEE CLEMONS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
February 16, 1945 – April 3, 1970
Service recordWillard Lee Clemons, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 87
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 87
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · April 3, 1970
- MANCE BROWNSergeant First Class · April 3, 1970
- EVERETTE EARL COFERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH SILVASpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 90
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.