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BRIAN DALE CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1945 – October 10, 1966
Service recordBrian Dale Clark, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 65
- GLEN F BULLOCKFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1966
- MICHAEL STEELE CONFERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 10, 1966
- GLENN WILSON APPLEPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
From Cleveland Heights
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- HOWARD DENNIS WEISSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- RONALD S BAGENSpecialist Five · February 11, 1968
- ROBERT NELSON BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- RICHARD COBB THUMLieutenant (junior grade) · November 25, 1968
- LIBERO CHARLES HANDELSergeant · September 1, 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.