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CLIFFORD NEWTON GREEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – March 21, 1970
Service recordClifford Newton Green, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 29
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 29
- RONALD LEE CREAGERLance Corporal · March 21, 1970
- RICHARD LEE EHNESStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 1970
- DAVID GONZALESSergeant · March 21, 1970
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
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.