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ARTHUR CLARK
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 16, 1932 – February 3, 1970
Service recordArthur Clark, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- July 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 96
- JAMES WESLEY STEWARTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- EDMOND EUGENE SMITH IIILance Corporal · February 3, 1970
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.