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Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965.
Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade after landing at Đà Nẵng, March 1965. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Lugene Jackie Clark.

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LUGENE JACKIE CLARK

Private · U.S. Marine Corps

October 4, 1947 – September 27, 1965

Service record

Lugene Jackie Clark, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 27, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 17. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 2E · Line 95

Position of Panel 2E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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 (PVT)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Rifleman (0311)
Unit (as recorded)
3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
Born
October 4, 1947
Home of record
Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 27, 1965
Age
17
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 2E, Line 95

From Lansing

All 44 names from Lansing →

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.