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CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordClifford Markwood Cork, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 18
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JACKIE LAWRENCE CROSBYCorporal · March 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RONALD LYNN FRANCELance Corporal · March 12, 1969
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 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.