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WILLIAM HENRY CLEVENGER
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
August 30, 1920 – June 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Henry Clevenger, of Seymour, Indiana, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1920
- Home of record
- Seymour, Indiana (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 84
- ROBERT MICHAEL BRUPBACHERSergeant · June 6, 1969
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · June 6, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL BECKERSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 82
- JOHN PHILIP CRAIGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 84
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CRUSIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 84
- RICHARD EDWARD CYRANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 84
- ROBERT CHARLES ESSMANNCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 85
- ROBERT MICHAEL FULLMERPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 85
- LARRY GENE GOSCHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 86
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 87
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 87
- DUANE HENRY LANDWEHR JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 88
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 89
- CARL DONALD LYNCHCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 89
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 90
- BRUCE CALVIN MAYNARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 90
- JOHN DAVID RHODES IIICorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- RONNIE DEAN SHAWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 92
- PHILLIP FINNAN THERIOTCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
- RICHARD PAUL VALADEZCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 93
From Seymour
- JACKIE DEAN REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- WILLIAM DEAN LARAWAYLance Corporal · April 11, 1967
- HOMER HOWARD HAWSCorporal · April 15, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- GARY LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
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.