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CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – December 18, 1965
Service recordClifford Leroy Whipple, of Downey, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 27
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 27
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOSEPH PAUL YATSKO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- WALTER L WONNACOTTPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- PABLO DURANPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
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.