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ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1943 – February 20, 1966
Service recordArfien Clifford Ali, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 53
- JERRY DEAN STEWARTSergeant · February 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS JOHN WADEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- JAMES OTIS ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
- THOMAS MANUEL DILLARDSpecialist Five · February 20, 1966
From Atlantic City
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.