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JAMES THOMAS CLARK
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1946 – August 17, 1965
Service recordJames Thomas Clark, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 53
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- April 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 53
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
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
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
- ERNEST LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · September 18, 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.