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ROBERT CLOKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – December 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Clokes, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum 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 37W, Line 38
- GABRIEL CARDONA JRCorporal · December 4, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- FREEMON EVANSSergeant · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT PHILIP FISCHERCorporal · December 4, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.