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CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1946 – February 28, 1967
Service recordClifford Edward Hakes, of Rialto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 117
- RONALD GARY GRUMLINGCorporal · February 28, 1967
- GILBERTO LUIS GUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
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.