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HOWARD LEE CLACK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – February 21, 1969
Service recordHoward Lee Clack, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 70
- HAROLD E CARTERSergeant First Class · February 21, 1969
- ROBERT DOUGLAS CHRISTIANSENLance Corporal · February 21, 1969
- RONALD JAMES CORBINSergeant · February 21, 1969
- MICHAEL GARY DINKINSPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.