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CLIFFORD DAN WILLIAMS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordClifford Dan Williams, of Newberry, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 43
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Newberry, Michigan (Luce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 43
- MICHAEL MACKIE OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS MITCHELL WHITEPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- DAN RANDEL YOUMANSStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1968
From Newberry
- JAMES A GRUEZKEWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1965
- WALLACE R THORSON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- GERALD EVERETT HETRICKLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- ROGER CHARLES NESBITPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DONALD THOMAS TAYLORSpecialist Five · May 5, 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.