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TERRY DESMOND CLARK
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 16, 1950 – May 24, 1969
Service recordTerry Desmond Clark, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 93
- ROY EDWARD 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
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 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.