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THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1945 – September 19, 1968
Service recordThomas Henry Clarken III, of East Orange, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- East Orange, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 34
- THOMAS JAMES CAVANAUGHCorporal · September 19, 1968
- ROGER O CLEMENSMajor · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND TERRENCE CONWAYSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- JAMES JOHN STITESSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
From East Orange
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- BRADLEY ELLIS CLARKSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
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.