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ROBERT ALAN CLARK
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1946 – January 10, 1973
Service recordRobert Alan Clark, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on January 10, 1973, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 115 USS MIDWAY CVA 41
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 10, 1973
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 115 USS MIDWAY CVA 41”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 110
- MANUEL ALONZO LAUTERIOStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1973
- WILLIAM SHERRIL STINSONSergeant First Class · January 8, 1973
- MICKEY ALLEN WILSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY MCCORMICKLieutenant · January 10, 1973
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL TIMOTHY MCCORMICKLieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 110
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
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.