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WILLIAM HOWARD CLARK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 22, 1947 – January 23, 1970
Service recordWilliam Howard Clark JR, of Parchment, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 59
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Parchment, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 59
- RICHARD THOMAS CARTERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- MICHAEL DALE CASEYCaptain · January 23, 1970
- RONALD CHARLES DAVISSergeant · January 23, 1970
- TERENCE J FOLSOMPrivate · January 23, 1970
From Parchment
- CARL MITCHELL REYNOLDSPrivate · June 12, 1970
- DAVID LAWRENCE SHEAFFERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1971
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.