John Calvin Clark II

Vietnam War
Unit469th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromBrownfield Texas
Date of DeathDecember 5 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Clark was a member of the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On December 5, 1969, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on a mission 10 miles northwest of Nong Het, near the Plain of Jars, Xiangkhoang Province, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on February 3, 1995 and identified on October 3, 1997. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.