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RICHARD THOMAS CLARK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1948 – September 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Thomas Clark, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 13, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 46
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 46
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- KENNETH GEORGE CUSHMANSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- JOHN WESLEY DAVISSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
- JOSE D GUTIERREZ-VELAZQUEZSpecialist Five · September 13, 1968
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 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.