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CLARK LEE HENSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1946 – June 16, 1968
Service recordClark Lee Henson JR, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 3
- DAVID WILLIAM GASKINLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES MITCHELL HANNAHCorporal · June 16, 1968
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 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.