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CLIFFORD F D KANGAS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – August 22, 1967
Service recordClifford F D Kangas, of Sandy, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Sandy, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 30
- JOHN CREIGHTON GILLE KERRMajor · August 22, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS MADLANDPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MESSERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
From Sandy
- KENNETH A BODELLPrivate First Class · March 12, 1966
- DANNY LEE ROSECorporal · October 18, 1968
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.