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DENNIS EUGENE CLARK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1951 – July 15, 1970
Service recordDennis Eugene Clark, of Tupelo, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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)
- Born
- July 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Tupelo, Mississippi (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 19
- KEITH EDWARD UTTERCorporal · July 14, 1970
- BOBBY LEE BAILEYSergeant · July 15, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK BARTONEWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- HARRISON BELLSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
From Tupelo
- BOBBY JOE ARDCorporal · April 30, 1967
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- JIMMIE CARL WALLACESpecialist Five · November 10, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JAMES TAYLOR TUCKERSergeant First Class · September 22, 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.