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CLARK L WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – January 24, 1967
Service recordClark L Walker, of Bronson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 75
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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
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Bronson, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 75
- OWEN DAVID GOODSELLSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- JAMES PRICE SPENCERCorporal · January 24, 1967
- FRANCIS JAMES THOMPSONCaptain · January 24, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 75
From Bronson
- HAROLD ORION HOSKINSSergeant · February 7, 1968
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · May 27, 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.