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ROBERT ARTHUR CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Arthur Clark, of Mannington, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 49
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Mannington, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 49
- WAYNE STEPHENS CRANDALLPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- VINCENT THOMAS DAIELLOSergeant · December 20, 1968
- DOUGLAS OVYLE DUKESpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- LARRY ROSS FOXSergeant · December 20, 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.