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DALE LEE CLARK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1946 – August 19, 1966
Service recordDale Lee Clark, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 19
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 19
- PETER DUGNESSCorporal · August 19, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD HUMPHRIESPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MACHENPetty Officer Second Class · August 19, 1966
From Jefferson City
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.