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CLIFFORD GERALD BURDETTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1950 – October 30, 1970
Service recordClifford Gerald Burdette, of Hurricane, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 30, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 28
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- August 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Hurricane, West Virginia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 28
- JAMES ANTHONY QUINNCorporal · October 29, 1970
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
- HAYLEN FOSTER GLENNSergeant · October 30, 1970
- PETER BRUCE STADDONPrivate First Class · October 30, 1970
From Hurricane
- HERMAN DANNY GIBSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 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.