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STEPHEN WILLIAM CLARK
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1941 – May 3, 1968
Service recordStephen William Clark, of Plymouth, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 24
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmf/Vmf(Aw)f-8d/E (7532)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMF 235 11 MAG 1 MAW FMF
- Born
- September 24, 1941
- Home of record
- Plymouth, California (Amador County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 24
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- ARTHUR FLETCHER CHANEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 3, 1968
- THOMAS DEAN CLEMCaptain · May 3, 1968
- WALTER JAMES DANCERCorporal · May 3, 1968
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.