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CLIFTON CARDELL THORN
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 5, 1948 – December 28, 1968
Service recordClifton Cardell Thorn, of Houston, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 1
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- CLARENCE LEON WELSCH JRCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · December 28, 1968
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH GORDON TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 87
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.