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ROBERT LEE CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 21, 1945 – February 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Lee Clark, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 70
- JIMMY E BOANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BOLANDPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD STEVE HARMONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 72
- ALBERT RONALD WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 76
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.