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CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – December 26, 1970
Service recordClifford Thomas Johnson, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 9
- JOSEPH WADE GUINNStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1970
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS MCADOOPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
- CARY ELZIEVAN MCDANIELCorporal · December 26, 1970
- MARSHALL MILLERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1970
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.