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MICHAEL BURRISS CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – November 23, 1968
Service recordMichael Burriss Clark, of Lancaster, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Lancaster, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 41
- LONNIE VERNON BYRDPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE COLBERTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- DONALD FREDERICK CORNELLSpecialist Five · November 23, 1968
- BRADLEY GENE CUTHBERTMajor · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FREDERICK CORNELLSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 41
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 44
From Lancaster
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- MARK ANDREW FERGUSONLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL DALE COCHRANCaptain · November 7, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN JACOBSCorporal · February 28, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- JAMES LESTER JONESPrivate · November 20, 1968
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.