The Wall › Panel 60W › New York › Clifford Lyman Eaton
CLIFFORD LYMAN EATON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordClifford Lyman Eaton, of Cortland, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 16
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Cortland, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 16
- JOHN HARVEY CARSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- LONNIE LEONARD CLEAVEPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM COXFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1968
- JAMES OLIVER ELLSWORTHSergeant · June 5, 1968
From Cortland
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS WENDELL GOODRICHLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- DOUGLAS J GLOVERSergeant First Class · February 19, 1968
- CARL ALVIN SHUTT JRSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PADDOCKFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BISHOP SKIP BARANOWSKISpecialist Four · July 8, 1969
- ROBERT VICTOR MOOREPetty Officer Third Class · July 18, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CERIOCorporal · May 22, 1970
- WILLIAM PHELPSCaptain · November 23, 1971
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.