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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of George Arthur Clark.

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GEORGE ARTHUR CLARK

Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army

April 3, 1931 – May 4, 1966

Service record

George Arthur Clark, of Nucla, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 7E · Line 23

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
Born
April 3, 1931
Home of record
Nucla, Colorado (Montrose County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 4, 1966
Age
35
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Nucla

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.