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CLIFFORD LESLI CLARKE III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – September 22, 1971
Service recordClifford Lesli Clarke III, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 23
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 23
- FELIX MALONEMaster Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- THOMAS WILLIAM TRUELOVEStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1971
- ROBERT FRANK HOJNACKIPrivate First Class · September 22, 1971
- CHARLES EGBERT JAQUINSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.