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CLIFTON HENRY DAVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordClifton Henry Davis, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 45
- JOHN RICHARD BROOKSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CAPORALEPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- DAVID KIM DEETERPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
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.