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MELVIN E CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – December 10, 1968
Service recordMelvin E Clark, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 8 BN 4 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 79
- THOMAS TODD CHAPMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- ROLLAND EUGENE DARLING JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN STRINGFIELDStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.