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LAWRENCE CLARK
Chief Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 15, 1928 – October 18, 1966
Service recordLawrence Clark, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Chief Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 18, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 ARS
- Born
- June 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 18, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 ARS”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 11E, Line 86
- LEONARD WESLEY BURNSSpecialist Five · October 18, 1966
- BOBBIE JEFFERSON DENNISWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1966
- VICTOR ORIN FOWLER JRStaff Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT VESSELSSergeant First Class · October 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LAVERNE HILLChief Master Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 87
- JOHN HENRY SOTHORON LONGCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 88
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE BICKELPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
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.