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JAMES THOMAS CLARK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1949 – September 1, 1969
Service recordJames Thomas Clark, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 19
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 19
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- LESTER MELVIN CAVALLINTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 1969
- BOBBY EDMONSONCorporal · September 1, 1969
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.