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DANNY TAYLOR CLARK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – January 11, 1969
Service recordDanny Taylor Clark, of South Hill, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- South Hill, Virginia (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 69
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAKCaptain · January 11, 1969
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- THOMAS C BULLARDSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- ABRON EARL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS HINESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 71
- JOE MACIASCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 72
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
- EDWARD MICHAEL TYSZKASpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
From South Hill
- WILSON DECOSTA THOMASCorporal · June 15, 1969
- ROBERT LEWIS KINGStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1971
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.