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CLIFFORD LEROY MENZIES JR
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
February 25, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordClifford Leroy Menzies JR, of Portland, Oregon, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 21, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 77
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE LUMSDENPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.