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WILLIAM FRANK CLOVER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1945 – May 12, 1967
Service recordWilliam Frank Clover JR, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 93
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- March 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 93
- ROBERT BERNTSENPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD COLLENEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.