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CLIFTON BALLANTYN BERGMAN
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1930 – October 14, 1967
Service recordClifton Ballantyn Bergman, of Spotsylvania, Virginia, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 108
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1930
- Home of record
- Spotsylvania, Virginia (Spotsylvania County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 108
- MELVIN DOUGLAS EASTPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- DUANE JOHN FOSSLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- PAUL HELLSTROM FOSTERSergeant · October 14, 1967
From Spotsylvania
- RICHARD RANDOLPH WOODWARDAirman First Class · February 8, 1966
- HIRAM EURIAS EDENTON JRCorporal · September 23, 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.