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RHONNIE LEE CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – November 17, 1968
Service recordRhonnie Lee Clark, of Maxton, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Maxton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIAM CIALLELLALance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- RICHARD GROVER CLEVELANDFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- GARY DEAN COXPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From Maxton
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD HERRINGLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- JIMMY LOCKLEARSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.