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JOHN KEARNAN CLARKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 22, 1947 – March 6, 1967
Service recordJohn Kearnan Clarke, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 27
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 27
- SAMUEL ROBERT DROWNCorporal · March 6, 1967
- RUBY EDWARD FELTON IIIPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- LYNN MICHAEL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- DAVID CHARLES FRYCLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1969
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.