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BRADLEY ELLIS CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1947 – April 4, 1968
Service recordBradley Ellis Clark, of East Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1947
- Home of record
- East Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 1
- KEVIN GEORGE CANNONCorporal · April 4, 1968
- RONALD THOMAS CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JOHN LUTHER CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- SAMUEL CALHOUN CHAVOUS JRChief Petty Officer · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERALD ALLEN BORMANSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 58
- LORN DAVID COMPTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 3
From East Orange
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 25, 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.