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BILLY FLOYD CLARK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1949 – December 14, 1968
Service recordBilly Floyd Clark, of Basalt, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Basalt, Colorado (Eagle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 20
- RAYMOND JOHN WESTCorporal · December 13, 1968
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS BANDYStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CONLINSergeant · December 14, 1968
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.