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CHARLES EDWARD CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1942 – January 19, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Clark, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 52
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ROSS MICHAEL BEESpecialist Five · January 19, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 1967
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 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.