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KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1948 – March 9, 1969
Service recordKenneth George Clarke JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 86
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · March 9, 1969
- MILO DEAN CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- RODNEY LANE CRANESergeant · March 9, 1969
- LESTER DANCHETZPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 85
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 89
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 89
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.