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ROOSEVELT CLARK
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 11, 1918 – June 21, 1968
Service recordRoosevelt Clark, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- April 11, 1918
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 12
- SCOTT CLAYMON DELPHPetty Officer First Class · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL DENNISLieutenant · June 21, 1968
- KENNETH ROBERT ESCOTTPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · June 21, 1968
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.