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DENNIS MCCOY CLARK
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 29, 1951 – October 23, 1969
Service recordDennis McCoy Clark, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1951
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 108
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · October 23, 1969
- VANCE MARTIN EVANSSergeant · October 23, 1969
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · October 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 107
- LARRY MICHAEL CLEVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 107
- JOSE LUIS BORRERO-SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 108
- GERALD LEE YOUNGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 108
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 109
- MANUEL GODINE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 109
- DENNIS NYE HUDSONCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 110
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.