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CLIFFORD DEAN MELTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1932 – July 21, 1965
Service recordClifford Dean Melton, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 4, 1932
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 42
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- ROY JAMES BLAKELEYMajor · July 22, 1965
- OLIVER C CHASE JRCaptain · July 22, 1965
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- PALMER BEACH MILESSergeant · November 17, 1965
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.