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CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE II
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – January 23, 1968
Service recordClifford James Volke II, of Culver City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 19
- GEORGE MONROE MOORESergeant First Class · January 23, 1968
- LEROY JOSEPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES AUGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- GILBERT AYALA JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIO ALFREDO CALDERONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 13
- GARY BERYL DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 15
- ANGEL O RUIZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 18
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- JOSEPH MILTON BUTLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 23, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.