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CLARK EDWARD SAPP
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – May 30, 1967
Service recordClark Edward Sapp, of Littlerock, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Littlerock, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 19
- KENNETH L STAGERStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1967
- GEORGE STEVEN SUTTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- MICHAEL WALTER THOENNESFirst Lieutenant · May 30, 1967
- GERALD ARLENE VIZERPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL IVAN NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 18
- KENNETH L STAGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 19
- GEORGE STEVEN SUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 19
From Littlerock
- SCOTT MARSHALL CARPENTERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JRLance Corporal · November 29, 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.