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CLIFFORD BIAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1934 – April 7, 1968
Service recordClifford Bias, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 39
- JAN EDWARD BOBOWSKI JRSergeant · April 7, 1968
- RICHARD STEVEN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAINPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- EFREN CARMONASpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAN EDWARD BOBOWSKI JRSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 39
- LORRENCE TEALOA FRIDAYCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 41
- ELMER R LINDSEY JRCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 43
- WILLIAM ROYAL MCGEESergeant Major · Panel 48E, Line 45
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
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.