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CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1949 – June 8, 1970
Service recordClark Franklin Rogers, of Thomasville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 29
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Thomasville, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 29
- DONALD WARREN OLLILASergeant · June 8, 1970
- WILLIAM VAL REEDCorporal · June 8, 1970
- JOHN ROBINSONCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 27
From Thomasville
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- WAYNE VASTER WILSONStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1967
- SAMUEL LUTHER DAVISStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH TURNERSergeant · February 13, 1969
- GARY REID CLODFELTERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JOHN B GAINGERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- GEORGE C DAVENPORT JRSpecialist Four · October 4, 1969
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 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.