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HOWE KING CLARK JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1946 – May 23, 1969
Service recordHowe King Clark JR, of Rockdale, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 82
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockdale, Texas (Milam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 82
- RONALD A BROWNSergeant · May 23, 1969
- CLEVELAND BROWNINGCorporal · May 23, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROY MATHESONSergeant · May 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 81
- JACK VANN CRUMPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 83
From Rockdale
- TOMMIE JOE CLARKStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
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.