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JERRY DOUGLAS CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJerry Douglas Clark, of New Albany, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 20
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- New Albany, Indiana (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 20
- DENNIS ROBERT DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- MICHAEL GREGORY DEMARCOLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- FREDERICK HERB WHITTEMORECommander · April 11, 1968
From New Albany
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE TRAUGHBERCorporal · September 10, 1967
- DONALD RAY SCHROEDERCorporal · April 7, 1968
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- GLENNIS RAY KELLAMSStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.