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WILLIAM K CLAWSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 30, 1943 – December 14, 1967
Service recordWilliam K Clawson, of Linden, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 90
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Linden, Indiana (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 90
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · December 14, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- JUAN R BURGOSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- GREGORY PAUL CURTISPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MATTHEW PERRY AMARAL IIISpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 90
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 90
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 93
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.