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CLARK RUSSELL PEDERSEN
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – February 23, 1970
Service recordClark Russell Pedersen, of Steger, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 49
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Steger, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 49
- EDWARD BRUCE MELODYWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1970
- BARRY ALAN MOLETTIERESergeant · February 23, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH NACHTIGALLSpecialist Five · February 23, 1970
- JUAN AMADOR RUBIOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
From Steger
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- LOUIS LLOYD GOERSPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- MEDFORD S HENSLEY JRSergeant First Class · August 27, 1967
- CLARENCE ALVIE MILLER JRPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- LYLE WAYNE HANSENCorporal · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL KEENECorporal · August 25, 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.