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WILLIAM MOSBY CLARKE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1934 – May 22, 1968
Service recordWilliam Mosby Clarke JR, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 6
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMSenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVERSergeant · May 22, 1968
- JOE RAY COURTNEY JRCorporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY MAC BRISTERSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 5
- ROBERT LOUIS CREWSSergeant · Panel 65E, Line 7
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 8
- ANTHONY DWIGHT HATCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 10
- FRANK MARCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 65E, Line 13
- FRED HARRISON OSBURN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 1
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.