Clarke, Fred Lee, CMSgt

POW/MIA

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Chief Master Sergeant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
60770-Aircraft Loadmaster Technician

Last AFSC Group
Air Operations

Primary Unit
1968-1968, 56th Special Operations Wing

Service Years
1955 - 1968

Current Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1932

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Sgt Duane Kimbrow (Skip) to remember Clarke, Fred Lee, CMSgt.

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Contact Info

Home Town Troutman	Last Address Troutman
MIA Date Dec 13, 1968
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam	Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 36W 014

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Then SSgt. Fred Clarke served out of Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. He and his crew were killed in a collision with one of the B-57E Canberra (#55-4284) causing both aircraft to crash. MIA Both crews remain MIA.

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii

Other Comments:

see Notes

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In Service

Current Photo

1968-1968, 606th Special Operations Squadron

From Month/Year - / 1968	To Month/Year - / 1968
Unit 606th Special Operations Squadron Unit Page
Rank Technical Sergeant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Nakhon Phanom RTAFB	State/Country Thailand

Patch	606th Special Operations Squadron Details

	Type Special Operations
	Parent Unit Special Operations Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

Yearbook

My Photos For This Unit

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10 Members Also There at Same Time

606th Special Operations Squadron

Albright, John Scott, Maj, (1967-1968)			First Lieutenant
Donahue, Morgan Jefferson, Maj, (1967-1968)			First Lieutenant
Fanning, Joseph Peter, Maj, (1966-1968)			First Lieutenant
Petersen, Dennis, Capt, (1967-1972)	104	1045Z	First Lieutenant
Dailey, Douglas Vincent, SMSgt, (1960-1968)	435	43570	Staff Sergeant
Engelke, Joe, SSgt, (1968-1972)	431	43151A	Staff Sergeant
Walker, Samuel Franklin, CMSgt, (1961-1968)			Staff Sergeant
Espy, Gilbert, Sgt, (1966-1970)	431	43151A	Sergeant
Cavatorta, Vic, TSgt, (1968-1988)			Airman 1st Class
Shew, Richard, Sgt, (1967-1970)	431	43153	Airman 1st Class