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LEM CLARK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1936 – June 5, 1971
Service recordLem Clark, of Eastman, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 66
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Eastman, Georgia (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1971
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 66
- JAMES WALTER MYLESSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- REY FRANCISCO TORRESRAMOSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1971
- JOHN ROBERT JONESSergeant · June 5, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH LAMMERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1971
From Eastman
- ULYSSES CORNELIUS COOPERSergeant First Class · July 18, 1966
- DONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JOSEPH MELVIN JONESMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JERRY LEE FORDHAMSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.