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JAMES MCKENZIE CLARK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 6, 1945 – September 20, 1966
Service recordJames McKenzie Clark, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 6, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 123
- ANDREW WINTER YOUNGKIN JRLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES JOSEPH BLANCOSergeant · September 20, 1966
- RICHARD MCAULIFFE BLOOMFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BRANNENPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.