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CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – July 20, 1966
Service recordClifford Sheran Bratcher, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 44
- LAWRENCE HUMES WILSON JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- DARRYL GORDON WINTERSAirman First Class · July 19, 1966
- STEPHEN ANDREW ZUKOVPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- JAMES FREDERICK ASKINPetty Officer Second Class · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 47
- COLIN KEITH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 49
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUTSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 50
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 50
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.