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THOMAS CLARK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1946 – December 20, 1968
Service recordThomas Clark JR, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 48
- MICHAEL LORA BOUCHARDLieutenant Commander · December 20, 1968
- GEORGE HARRY BURRELLSergeant · December 20, 1968
- KEVIN THOMAS CONNOLLYPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- JOSEPH RAY DANIELS JRLance Corporal · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JOHN HAAN JRCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 50
- DENNIS FRANCIS MCGUIRESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 54
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.