CPL ROBERT EARL CLOWE
720th Military Police Battalion
"A" Company
Age
22 - From Mossyrock, Washington
Killed in action August 19, 1967 - Tay Ninh, South Viet Nam
FROM MEMORIAL AT "720th MILITARY
POLICE BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/honor_roll_720th/casualties_battalion/clowe_robert_e/clowe_robert_earl.html)
The 720th MP
Battalion Headquarters received notification of the ambush and
subsequent deaths of CPL Clowe and SP/4 Jackson from the A Company Tay
Ninh Detachment Officer In Charge, LT Kelly, at 2315 hours (11:15 PM)
on 19 August 1967.
LT Keyyl reported that at 2105 hours, (9:05 PM), CPL Robert Earl Clowe, age 22, and SP/4 Wallace Michael Jackson, age 20, just left the Tay Ninh compound gate in a jeep when they were flagged down by three young female Vietnamese Nationals approximately 250 meters outside the gate.
When they stopped they were ambushed by Viet Cong (VC) elements hidden in hedge rows on both side of the roadway. One of the young females was killed, one injured, and one was taken into custody.
Both MPs died from wounds received from heavy .50 caliber and small arms fire. They were pronounced dead at the 45th Surgical Hospital in Tay Ninh by CPT Belamy, MD.
LT Keyyl reported that at 2105 hours, (9:05 PM), CPL Robert Earl Clowe, age 22, and SP/4 Wallace Michael Jackson, age 20, just left the Tay Ninh compound gate in a jeep when they were flagged down by three young female Vietnamese Nationals approximately 250 meters outside the gate.
When they stopped they were ambushed by Viet Cong (VC) elements hidden in hedge rows on both side of the roadway. One of the young females was killed, one injured, and one was taken into custody.
Both MPs died from wounds received from heavy .50 caliber and small arms fire. They were pronounced dead at the 45th Surgical Hospital in Tay Ninh by CPT Belamy, MD.
Last name: CLOWE
First name: ROBERT EARL
Home of Record (official): MOSSYROCK
State (official): WA
Date of Birth: Monday, October 9, 1944
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: CPL
Serial Number: 56956853
Component: Selective Service
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, March 19, 1967
Date of Casualty: Saturday, August 19, 1967
Age at time of loss: 22
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Tay Ninh
The Wall: Panel 25E - Row 015
First name: ROBERT EARL
Home of Record (official): MOSSYROCK
State (official): WA
Date of Birth: Monday, October 9, 1944
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: CPL
Serial Number: 56956853
Component: Selective Service
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B10
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, March 19, 1967
Date of Casualty: Saturday, August 19, 1967
Age at time of loss: 22
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Tay Ninh
The Wall: Panel 25E - Row 015
INFORMATION
FOUND AT VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND WEBSITE
(www.vvmf.org)
ROBERT EARL CLOWE
is honored on Panel 25E, Row 15 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: ROBERT EARL CLOWE
Wall Name: ROBERT E CLOWE
Date of Birth: 10/9/1944
Date of Casualty: 8/19/1967
Home of Record: MOSSYROCK
State: WA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: CPL
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: TAY NINH
BIOGRAPHY FROM "FACES FROM THE WALL - VIETNAM WAR - LEWIS COUNTY WASHINGTON"
(http://www.facesfromthewall.com/ffwlewi1.html)
ROBERT EARL CLOWE
Washington State University
Pullman WA
1966 yearbook
Agronomy Club
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