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PHILLIP LESLIE CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – March 9, 1970
Service recordPhillip Leslie Clark, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 99
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 99
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LARRY WILLIAM COTTENFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1970
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 98
- GEORGE ARTHUR BAMFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- RICHARD ALLEN BRUECKSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 99
- JOHN LYNWOOD FORTNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 99
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FRANCISPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 100
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 101
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- JOHN HAYES LAKINSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 1970
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.