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DAVID ERROL CLARKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1951 – February 25, 1972
Service recordDavid Errol Clarke, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 109
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1951
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1972; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 109
- DON HAMUEL WARESpecialist Four · February 20, 1972
- BERNARD LEVERN JOHNSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1972
- SCOTT BRIAN WESTPHALSpecialist Four · February 21, 1972
- WILLIAM MARSHALL CLARKCaptain · February 23, 1972
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 110
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- WILLIAM ASHLEY GUNNELLSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 110
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- DAVID NEAL JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 111
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 111
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.