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LAWRENCE EDWARD CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1947 – October 10, 1966
Service recordLawrence Edward Clark, of Amba, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 65
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Amba, Kentucky (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 65
- GLEN F BULLOCKFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1966
- BRIAN DALE CLARKSergeant · October 10, 1966
- MICHAEL STEELE CONFERLieutenant (junior grade) · October 10, 1966
- GLENN WILSON APPLEPrivate First Class · October 11, 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.