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CLIFFORD LEON ERVIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 18, 1948 – July 30, 1968
Service recordClifford Leon Ervin, of Heflin, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Heflin, Alabama (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 34
- WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINECLieutenant Colonel · July 30, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- ROY ELDON COOPERStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK DELANEY IIICorporal · July 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BERZINECLieutenant Colonel · Panel 50W, Line 34
- ROBERT QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 35
From Heflin
- WAYNE MCKENNELY TRAYLORSpecialist Four · May 11, 1966
- BILLY JOE MORRISONSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
- WILLIAM HOYT SMITHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- FRED EDWARD TRAYLORCorporal · June 17, 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.