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NATHANIEL BUSTER CLARK
Private · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – April 26, 1968
Service recordNathaniel Buster Clark, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 15
- RUSSELL DAVID BURGESSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS J CARROLLCorporal · April 26, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.