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TOMMIE JOE CLARK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1945 – December 16, 1968
Service recordTommie Joe Clark, of Rockdale, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Rockdale, Texas (Milam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 29
- RICHARD OWEN FISKSergeant · December 16, 1968
- DAVID ABRAM FLEISCHERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RENE ARMAND BOISSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 28
From Rockdale
- HOWE KING CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · May 23, 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.