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WILLIAM VICTOR CLARKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – August 10, 1968
Service recordWilliam Victor Clarke, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 38
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 38
- JOHN ARTHUR HOLDERBAUMSergeant · August 9, 1968
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · August 10, 1968
- MICHAEL CARL BRUNNERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT LEON CARMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ANTHONY GULEYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 40
- CHRISTOPHER LEE RAINSSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 43
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 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.