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CLIFFORD HENRY SCHECK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1941 – July 12, 1968
Service recordClifford Henry Scheck, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1941
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 20
- WILLIAM JEROME MATHEWSPrivate First Class · July 12, 1968
- MARION NEAL TAPPSpecialist Four · July 12, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMPSONCorporal · July 12, 1968
- DAVID CULLEN TOMLINSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM E WATTSPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 19
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.