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CLIFFORD MCCARTH GARDELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordClifford McCarth Gardell, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- CHARLES J GIBILTERRA JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK GREERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- WAYNE DOUGLAS GROATSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 36
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · Panel 33W, Line 37
- THOMAS ROY GROVERSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 40
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 40
- DAVID FRANKLIN HEISERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD INLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 41
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 41
- THOMAS TRAMMEL STAPLES IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 45
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.