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CLIFFORD L WENCKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 26, 1942 – August 31, 1967
Service recordClifford L Wencker, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 76
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · August 31, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- JACK LYNN BUCHANANCorporal · September 1, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
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.