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ROY EDWARD CLARK
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1946 – May 24, 1969
Service recordRoy Edward Clark, of Culloden, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Culloden, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 93
- TERRY DESMOND CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · May 24, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- EMMETT LARUE DAVISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EMMETT LARUE DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 93
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 94
- RONALD ALLEN YASHACKPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
From Culloden
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
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.