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GARY VAUGHN CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 17, 1948 – December 17, 1969
Service recordGary Vaughn Clark, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 66
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 66
- CHARLES L WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
- JUAN CARRILLOSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- JAMES DENNIS CASTEELSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- RONALD RAY CONNCorporal · December 27, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 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.