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CLIFFORD EARL TYSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordClifford Earl Tyson, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 8
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 8
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKER JRPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DAVID VERNON WHINNERYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- GEORGE LEE MAUGHAN SRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 1
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 2
- JAY LESLIE LIEBERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.