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ROGER DALE CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 14, 1944 – October 30, 1966
Service recordRoger Dale Clark, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 129
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 129
- JOHN BARRY TALIANAPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- MILAN ELMER WHITTENPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- FRANCIS JOSEPH CASEYSecond Lieutenant · October 30, 1966
- DONALD ALFRED CHRISTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE RICARDO TACTAY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 131
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.