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WILLIAM EDWARD CLANCY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 17, 1948 – September 16, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Clancy, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 26 ENG BN AMER DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 93
- JOHN EDWARD CARLSONSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- FREEMAN ABRAHAM CARRCaptain · September 16, 1969
- WILLIAM EDWIN CARTERCorporal · September 16, 1969
- TROY ORION COKERLance Corporal · September 16, 1969
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANANLance Corporal · March 17, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 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.