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CLIFFORD JOSEPH ROBERTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – November 5, 1968
Service recordClifford Joseph Roberts, of Hacienda Heights, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Hacienda Heights, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 22
- DENNIS OGDEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
- KEITH GEOFFREY JOHNSONPrivate · November 5, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFTON MANN JRSergeant · November 5, 1968
- HERMAN LEROY MCINTIREPrivate First Class · November 5, 1968
From Hacienda Heights
- RONALD EDWARD PENELance Corporal · September 20, 1967
- ROBERT S HUTCHINSON IIFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1968
- MONICO FLORES JRLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RUDY RONNIE TAYLORSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- GLENN RODNEY MEARNSCorporal · May 2, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DAYCorporal · May 6, 1970
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.