MARSHALL EDWARD CLEMENTS

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 03/14/1967

Army - SP4 - E4

Age: 21
Race: Negro
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Nov 15, 1945
From: CHICAGO, IL
Religion: BAPTIST
Marital Status: Single

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
Posthumous promotion
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jul 21, 1966
Casualty was on Mar 14, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 16E - Line 76

Marshall Clements was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston,
at grid reference YA600587, approximately 26 kilometers west of Plei Djereng airfield.

Marshall Clements in Vietnam

Photo by Roy Dixon

SP4 Marshall Clements' decorations

Marshall Clements was from Alsip? Illinois,
he entered the US Army in 1966.
He trained at Ft Hood Texas, and then at Ft Lewis Washington.
He left Ft Lewis for Vietnam on July 21, 1966
on board the USNS Walker along with 5,000 members of the 1-22 4th Infantry Division D.
At that time he was a member of Co A. SP4 Marshall E Clements
was a hero, he died while serving his country on Feb 16, 1967,
along with 14 other members of his unit,
for this heroic effort, he was awarded the Bronze Star posthumously.

Burial:
Restvale Cemetery
Alsip
Cook County
Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec D Lot 71 Grave 12

Grave marker for Marshall Clements

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