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GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKE JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 28, 1941 – October 16, 1967
Service recordGeorge William Clarke JR, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 16, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 14
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 TRS 460 TRW
- Born
- January 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 16, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28E, Line 14
- JOHN WALTER BURKECorporal · October 16, 1967
- JUNIOR R BURNSPlatoon Sergeant · October 16, 1967
- RICHARD ARTHUR DEMERSCorporal · October 16, 1967
- KEVIN LEE FERGUSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 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.