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JOHN JAMES CLARK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 16, 1932 – June 2, 1970
Service recordJohn James Clark, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 133
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1932
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 133
- MELVIN RALPH WINKSergeant · June 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DENNIS BOHRMANSergeant · June 2, 1970
- DAVID GRAHAM CAMPBELLSergeant · June 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL GIUSTACorporal · Panel 9W, Line 1
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.