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CLIFTON HENSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 29, 1943 – December 29, 1967
Service recordClifton Henson, of Liberty, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Liberty, Kentucky (Casey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 94
- FRANK HAREL HENDERSONSergeant · December 29, 1967
- GLENN CHALFANT HOPESWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- ROBERT H MCWILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOPSON COVINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 91
From Liberty
- EWELL LEE JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- EDGAR GODBEYStaff Sergeant · July 1, 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.