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RONALD EMERY CLARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 12, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Emery Clark, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 9
- ERNEST KENO COTAPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1968
- JIMMY RICHARD COXLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- EDWARD DAVID CROWSergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES STEPHEN DAHLPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HENRY LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 14
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.