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CLIFFORD KAY WELDING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1941 – November 21, 1968
Service recordClifford Kay Welding, of Roca, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Roca, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 32
- DONALD RAY WENTZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- KENNETH ALVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- GEORGE LEE BARNESLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- BEN CARLOS BURGECorporal · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEAN CLIFTON FOSTERCaptain · Panel 38W, Line 25
- MARTIN GEHRING GIVENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 26
- STANLEY NORRIS GREENSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 26
- BILLIE JOE ONTISSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 29
- CHARLES FREDERICK REINSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 29
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 30
- ROBERT LEE STOREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 31
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.