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CLARK ROBERT DOUGLAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1948 – November 11, 1969
Service recordClark Robert Douglas, of Corning, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Corning, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 56
- WILLIAM ALFRED BLACKBURNSergeant First Class · November 11, 1969
- WALTER GUY BURKHARTCorporal · November 11, 1969
- RUBEN JOSE CARBAJALSergeant · November 11, 1969
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 56
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- RICHARD STEPHEN LEACHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 60
From Corning
- MORRIS FREDERICK DIBBLEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL HANSHAWLance Corporal · January 31, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOCKERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN HIVELYLance Corporal · June 19, 1969
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.