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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Clifton Frederick JR.

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CLIFTON FREDERICK JR

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 5, 1930 – January 22, 1967

Service record

Clifton Frederick JR, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 14E · Line 66

Position of Panel 14E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Born
September 5, 1930
Home of record
Cynthiana, Kentucky (Harrison County)

Casualty

Date of death
January 22, 1967
Age
36
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

14 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 14E, Line 66

From Cynthiana

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.