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CLIFFORD EUGENE FORD JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 2, 1948 – June 9, 1968
Service recordClifford Eugene Ford JR, of Jacksonville, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 8
- CLIFFRED MELVIN EVANSSergeant · June 9, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE FULLERLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- LARRY HOWARD GIFFORDSergeant · June 9, 1968
- MERVIN DENNIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Jacksonville
- ALFRED JEFFERSON HOLDENTechnical Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- EDGAR BOWIE LUEALLENSergeant · April 16, 1966
- HORACE ALVIE HOLBROOKAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDESergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- BOOKER T PATTERSON JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · September 3, 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.