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CLIFFORD DAMON LACHANCE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1929 – August 7, 1966
Service recordClifford Damon Lachance, of Holliston, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 31, 1929
- Home of record
- Holliston, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 109
- CHARLES WIGGER FRYERLieutenant · August 7, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE GARRETTPrivate First Class · August 7, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- ELLIOTT SIMMONS JRCorporal · August 7, 1966
From Holliston
- THOMAS ALFRED GHELLICorporal · January 10, 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.