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CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1948 – April 13, 1970
Service recordClifford Jerry Earnhardt, of Hillsville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 130
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Hillsville, Virginia (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 130
- WILLIAM MILES CALDWELLSergeant · April 13, 1970
- TROY VERNAL CANADYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
- JAMES JOHN COOKSergeant · April 13, 1970
- STANLEY WENDEL CRAWFORDSpecialist Five · April 13, 1970
From Hillsville
- RICHARD THOMAS WARNERPrivate First Class · April 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.