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RICHARD CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1948 – January 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Clark, of Tallassee, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Tallassee, Alabama (Elmore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 91
- JAMES SANDFORD BURNETT JRSergeant · January 27, 1969
- ROBERT MERRILL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- WALLACE THOMAS CORBITTCorporal · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 2
- JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 3
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 4
From Tallassee
- JIMMY DALE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 23, 1966
- CALVIN A MCGINTY JRSergeant · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- DALE KEITH WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 1971
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.