Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
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U.S. Navy · United States United States

Richard Champ Clark

Lieutenant
1941 – 1967
Purple HeartAir Medal
Prisoner of War MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 28E
Life Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Lieutenant Richard Champ Clark served in the U.S. Navy. Richard served aboard VF 151. Richard served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War.

How He Died
Manner Undetermined
Cause Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Navy
VF-151, CVW-15, USS CORAL SEA, TF 77, 7TH FLEET
1325: Unrestricted Line Officer (Naval Flight Officer)
LT
URL PILOT
TACOMA, WA
1973
Pay grade O03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 6

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Air Medal

Unit awards

Prisoner of War Medal

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 28E · Line 59 cut as RICHARD C CLARK
Burial Information
Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
In Our Keeping
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Richard Champ Clark
Lieutenant
U.S. Navy
- 1973
Fighter Squadron 151
Lieutenant
Purple Heart Air Medal
Prisoner of War Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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