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JOSEPH THAXTER CLARK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 25, 1936 – December 26, 1967
Service recordJoseph Thaxter Clark, of Davenport, Washington, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 62
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 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Medium Transport (062D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1936
- Home of record
- Davenport, Washington (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 62
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- TOMMY LEON DANIELSLance Corporal · December 26, 1967
- ROGER ALLEN ELLISPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DANIEL CLYDE FAULKS JRSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 61
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 65
- ROBERT EDWIN WOODSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 66
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.