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THOMAS EDWARD CLARK
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 15, 1939 – February 8, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Clark, of Emporium, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 8, 1969, in Laos, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 416 TFS 37 TFW
- Born
- April 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Emporium, Pennsylvania (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 84
- ROBERT DARRELL DEBOARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- WARD CECIL EVANSStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- FRED RAYMOND FRAZIER JRSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- ANDREW PEREZ GARCIASpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
From Emporium
- ANTHONY ANGELO GENNOCROSpecialist Four · April 28, 1966
- ALBERT ALLEN PETERSONHospitalman · April 26, 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.