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CECIL JAMES CLACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1947 – January 1, 1969
Service recordCecil James Clack, of Chester, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, South Carolina (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 15
- LONNIE ADKEN DILBECKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES STEVEN DUDDYAirman First Class · January 1, 1969
- STEVEN GALLEGOSSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
From Chester
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EDDIE LOUIS JAMES JRCorporal · October 27, 1967
- CALVIN DONALD DAWKINSCorporal · December 13, 1967
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLES GLENN RAWLSSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 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.