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LORINZER PAUL CLARK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 17, 1944 – November 15, 1967
Service recordLorinzer Paul Clark JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 99
- ORVILLE CAUDILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- HENRY GLEAVES CRIGGERCorporal · November 15, 1967
- DONALD CHARLES DAVESSergeant · November 15, 1967
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 99
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- JOHN SWAIN GORDONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
- OTIS THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 102
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.