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KEVIN MICHAEL CLARKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1948 – July 11, 1967
Service recordKevin Michael Clarke, of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 48
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Muskegon Heights, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G BTRY 3 BN 12 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 48
- WALTER DOUGLAS WILLIAMSMajor · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL WYATTPrivate · July 10, 1967
- ANTHONY ALLENCorporal · July 11, 1967
- HOWARD WILLIAM BANNISTERChief Petty Officer · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADOPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 53
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 54
From Muskegon Heights
- DENNIS ARNOLD LANORELance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ROGER WAYNE EDWARDSLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- ARMANDO LEO ESCARENOPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
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.