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JERRY FURMAN CLARK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 13, 1942 – June 21, 1967
Service recordJerry Furman Clark, of Chateaugay, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Chateaugay, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 29
- JIMMY LEE COOKPrivate · June 21, 1967
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD EDWARD WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 35
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.