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LARRY RAY CLARK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 18, 1942 – June 19, 1969
Service recordLarry Ray Clark, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 85
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 85
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · June 19, 1969
- LLOYD LYNN BUZZARDPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GILBERT RAY BARGMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 84
- CARL JOSEPH BIEKERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- THOMAS JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 85
- GARY WILLIAM CARLSONCaptain · Panel 22W, Line 85
- DAVID DEITCHPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 87
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 90
- DAVID ALLEN MADDENCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 91
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 93
- STEPHEN DENNIS VANDYKECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.