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CLIFFORD ARVIN DRAPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 26, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordClifford Arvin Draper, of Hastings, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Hastings, Nebraska (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 40
- JOHN LEO DIEDERICHSergeant · August 23, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS DONOHUELance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- STEPHEN A ELLENWOOD JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ELLERLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
From Hastings
- KENNETH WAYNE KROUSLance Corporal · January 23, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- RICHARD LE ROY HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- DELBERT PAT WRIGHTLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
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.