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JOHN MICHAEL CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1952 – November 10, 1971
Service recordJohn Michael Clark, of Lakeland, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 24, 1952
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Georgia (Lanier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1971; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 64
- EARL DUANE BARKLEYSergeant · November 9, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK MALONEY JRPrivate First Class · November 9, 1971
- DAVID JAMES WATSONSpecialist Four · November 9, 1971
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK DELANEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 64
- HENRY FLOYD DELLECKERSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 65
- FRANCIS JAMES KLASSENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 65
From Lakeland
- WILLIE LEE HENRYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- ULMER JOE WATSONSergeant · April 16, 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.