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CLIFFORD RAY HERRIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordClifford Ray Herrin, of Camden, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- December 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Camden, Tennessee (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 122
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- GARY LYNN HOBBSCaptain · March 20, 1967
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD L BUSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 119
- RONALD RICHARD FILLMORESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 121
From Camden
- DANNY EUGENE HUBBSCorporal · March 22, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD MITCHELLLance Corporal · December 24, 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.