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THOMAS OSBORN CLARK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 12, 1944 – July 21, 1967
Service recordThomas Osborn Clark, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 97
- JOHN LOUIS ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1967
- DENNIS LLOYD ANTOINECorporal · July 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH CAMPAPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOSE CASTILLOSergeant · July 21, 1967
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 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.