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HARLOW GARY CLARK JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 4, 1921 – March 7, 1966
Service recordHarlow Gary Clark JR, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 4, 1921
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 128
- BARRY ANDRE HANSENPrivate First Class · March 7, 1966
- EDWARD L HODGEStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1966
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- HAROLD VICTOR SMITHColonel · March 7, 1966
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- DANIEL CLEVELAND JONESLance Corporal · September 28, 1966
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.