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JAMES LEE CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – July 25, 1969
Service recordJames Lee Clark, of Millersburg, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Millersburg, Ohio (Holmes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 42
- LARRY DELARNARD AIKENSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- GARY DENTON TATEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH WHITESSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
- MICHAEL M BARTHOLOMEWStaff Sergeant · July 25, 1969
From Millersburg
- LARRY DEAN BARTONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- THOMAS GAYLON FISHERSergeant · February 13, 1969
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.