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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Conn Kay Clark.

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CONN KAY CLARK

Sergeant · U.S. Army

December 18, 1946 – July 31, 1969

Service record

Conn Kay Clark, of Rigby, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 20W · Line 79

Position of Panel 20W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Combat Engineer (12B)
Born
December 18, 1946
Home of record
Rigby, Idaho (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 31, 1969
Age
22
Province
Lam Dong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Died of Wounds
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 20W, Line 79

From Rigby

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.