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CLIFFORD JOHN CONSTANTINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1950 – September 4, 1969
Service recordClifford John Constantino, of Carteret, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Carteret, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 31
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- LAYNE HALE CONNEVEYFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGSFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FELIX DELANO KNUTSONSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 33
From Carteret
- STEPHEN ANDREW ZUKOVPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- EUGENE LAWRENCE SELFPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1966
- WESLEY WILLIAM WHITELance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- DONALD FRANCIS HOVANECPetty Officer Third Class · July 7, 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.