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ROBERT WAYNE CLARKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Wayne Clarke, of West Linn, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- West Linn, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 27
- ROBERT GEORGE BULL IICaptain · August 26, 1968
- DUANE LORENZ BUSSELMANCorporal · August 26, 1968
- GARY LYN CLAPPPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- THOMAS REINO LINDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
From West Linn
- DALE WILLIAM TOLBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- STEVEN ADRIAN SMITHLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
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.