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CLIFFORD LAWRENCE TARBELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordClifford Lawrence Tarbell, of Bombay, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 126
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Bombay, New York (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- 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 April 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 126
- ROBERT LE ROY WADEStaff Sergeant · April 11, 1970
- GARRY WALLACE WARDLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- GEORGE HARTWELL ADAMSCaptain · April 12, 1970
- BRUCE ELLIS ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · April 12, 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.