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CLIFFORD FRANKLIN DOWLING
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
August 15, 1940 – July 27, 1971
Service recordClifford Franklin Dowling, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 ASLT
- Born
- August 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 115
- HARRY KENDALL HARRIS JRFirst Sergeant · July 26, 1971
- RALPH EDWARD MCELRATHCorporal · July 26, 1971
- RANDALL HAROLD GEISSpecialist Five · July 27, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT GROSSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 1971
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.