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JAMES ROGER CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordJames Roger Clark, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 26
- DANNY EUGENE BLEVINSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · February 18, 1970
- RICHARD ALBERT BURGESSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1970
- ARTHUR EDWARD CLOUGHPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ENGLISH ASH JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 25
- JOHN FREDRICK BRADMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 26
- JAMES NICHOLAS DIEDRICHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- ROGER WESLEY FIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 27
- BRIAN MICHAEL FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 28
- MAXIE DEAN LINAMSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 29
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 30
- HENRY TONY RAVAPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 31
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
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.