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JAMES NELSON CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordJames Nelson Clark, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 118
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 118
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- LEROY CONWAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- DARELL LEE COVINGTONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HOWARD HUGHESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HOWARD MILLERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- NORMAN WADE TEETERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 5
- LIONEL THOMAS RACHALCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 6
- RONALD JAMES MATELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 9
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.