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JERRY PROSPER CLARK
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
June 8, 1940 – December 15, 1965
Service recordJerry Prosper Clark, of Davenport, Iowa, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 15, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 16
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 8, 1940
- Home of record
- Davenport, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 15, 1965
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 16
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- JAMES CARL KINDELCaptain · December 14, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- PETE ANTHONY VALASQUEZStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1965
From Davenport
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
- JAMES BYRON LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCHWERDTFEGERSergeant · May 3, 1966
- NORBERT GENE SIMMONSSergeant · June 15, 1966
- CHARLES ALLEN MORSELance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- CARL JOHN OLSONLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- GARY KEITH RATHPrivate First Class · September 1, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS FLEETWOODPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 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.