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CLARENCE JOSEPH NOVAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1949 – April 5, 1970
Service recordClarence Joseph Novak, of Dwight, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 98
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Dwight, Nebraska (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 98
- ROBERT LOCKET JRSergeant · April 5, 1970
- WILLIAM LEE LOWERYLance Corporal · April 5, 1970
- JOHN WILLARD ROHRFirst Lieutenant · April 5, 1970
- ANDREW MICHAEL SIMKOLieutenant Colonel · April 5, 1970
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.