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WILLIAM JEROME CLARK III
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 1, 1932 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam Jerome Clark III, of La Grange, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 10
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 1, 1932
- Home of record
- La Grange, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 10
- LARRY GRAHAM BUFORDCorporal · November 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- DONNIE LEN DARROWMajor · November 30, 1967
- DARYL LEE DAVISAirman First Class · November 30, 1967
From La Grange
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER GETLINCaptain · March 30, 1967
- JOHN HARRISON BRANCATO JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE BOTESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAMES CRAIG MCPHILLIPSLance Corporal · October 24, 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.