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WALTER LEVON CLARK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1947 – October 29, 1967
Service recordWalter Levon Clark, of Roseville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 95
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Roseville, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- 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 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 95
- LOUIS BROWARD ARNOLDSergeant · October 29, 1967
- MANVILLE LAWRENCE BARBSecond Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES CHIMINELLOFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1967
- HERBERT C DONALDSON JRSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
From Roseville
- RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · February 12, 1967
- STEVEN ROSS KINGCorporal · February 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- DALE MICHAEL LAUSESpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- GENE DIRITACorporal · December 10, 1967
- HENRY LOUIS OLSONPrivate First Class · December 17, 1967
- FRED HAROLD SPEARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- GERALD ALBERT HUCZEKCorporal · February 11, 1968
- RICHARD FLOYD TURPIN IIISpecialist Four · May 6, 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.