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FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1924 – March 9, 1966
Service recordFrancis Thomas Clarkin, of Medford, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Born
- May 5, 1924
- Home of record
- Medford, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 130
- NOLAN FRANKLIN DREWRYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- HUGH WALLACE MERRILLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1966
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- JON IRVING CLIFFORDPrivate · March 9, 1966
From Medford
- JOHN RICHARD CACIOPPOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- RALPH GRAYPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- DONALD JUAN RICHARDSLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- RYUZO SOMMAStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1969
- ANTHONY VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · August 9, 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.