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THOMAS ELMER CLARK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1951 – October 30, 1969
Service recordThomas Elmer Clark, of Bryan, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Bryan, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 4
- ROGER EUGENE CARROLLSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- GERALD WILBERT DURTKASergeant First Class · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOSTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HERINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 5
- PERRY BERNARD HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 5
- WESLEY WILLIAM VERMEESCHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 6
From Bryan
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- EDWIN HUGH CORWINGunnery Sergeant · December 22, 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.