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LORENZO CLARK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1922 – December 16, 1966
Service recordLorenzo Clark, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1922
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1966
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 48
- ROBERT HARRY HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
- ROBERT EARL PUGHSpecialist Five · December 15, 1966
- ROY RATCLIFFCorporal · December 15, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.