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DOUGLAS MARK CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1945 – October 4, 1968
Service recordDouglas Mark Clark, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 3
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1945
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 3
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCKPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BERGERONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY ANTHONY ADCOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- JOHN COWIE BECHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- MELVIN DERWARD HEBERT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 5
- LOVETT LEE HARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HUBERT WAYNE MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 6
- ANTONIO MILSTEADStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 6
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- WILLIAM LOUIS ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 41W, Line 7
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.