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ERNEST LEE CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – May 21, 1969
Service recordErnest Lee Clark, of San Marcos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 64
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
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- San Marcos, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 64
- ROBERT LEE COOPERSergeant First Class · May 21, 1969
- PATRICK REGAN DIEHLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- MICHAEL KENNETH L DIXONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CAREY LEE DOBSONLance Corporal · May 21, 1969
From San Marcos
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · June 23, 1970
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.