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ALLEN HOWELL CLARK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 21, 1942 – July 29, 1971
Service recordAllen Howell Clark, of Wagener, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 29, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 117
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Wagener, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 117
- WILLIAM ELLIOTT MURPHYPrivate · July 28, 1971
- DONALD EUGENE SCOTTStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1971
- ROBERT LEROY WILLARDSergeant · July 28, 1971
- EDWARD JOSEPH CAVANAUGHColonel · July 29, 1971
From Wagener
- ISAIAH SAMUELSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · March 7, 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.