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RAYMOND GORDON CLARK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – October 23, 1968
Service recordRaymond Gordon Clark, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 23
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT BECKCorporal · October 23, 1968
- HARVEY BLACKSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
- DONALD LYNN BROWNSergeant · October 23, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CROSBYSpecialist Four · October 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY HUGH BEARDSLEESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 22
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 1966
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.