Robert Alan Clark

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 115
RankLieutenant U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromNorth Hollywood California
Date of DeathJanuary 10 1973
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Clark, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Attack Squadron 115, Carrier Air Wing 5 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS MIDWAY (CVA-41). On January 10, 1973, he was the bombardier/navigator of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) flying 20 miles west of Phu Dien Chau, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on August 4, 1993 and identified on August 22, 2003. 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.