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JAMES LEE CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1947 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJames Lee Clark, of Richmond, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 3
- JOSEPH ALLAN CLINGERMANPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- EDWARD W COLLINS IIISecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS LYNN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JAY ALAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- THEODORE EDWARD LEYDESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 11
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 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.