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KENDALL HANSON CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordKendall Hanson Clark, of Elwood, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Elwood, Nebraska (Gosper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 59
- WAYNE DOUGLAS CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JUDE CAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 58
- THEODORE COAXUMSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 60
- LOYD MEREDITH WILLSONCaptain · Panel 40E, Line 71
- EDWARD LLEWEL WORTHINGTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 71
From Elwood
- DALE DARREL DEFORDMajor · April 25, 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.