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CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1944 – February 18, 1968
Service recordClifford Wayne Walker, of Mountain View, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 16
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 16
- ALAN WAYNE WILLARDSergeant · February 18, 1968
- DANIEL WILLIAMS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- NOEL DEAN WILLIAMSWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN YOUNGLance Corporal · February 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KEITH POMEROYPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 12
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
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.