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ANTHONY LAURENCE CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordAnthony Laurence Clark, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 79
- JOHN THOMAS DONAHUEStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANK DUFFNERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- NORMAN ANTHONY EMINETHSergeant · May 22, 1970
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HARTLSergeant · May 22, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.