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CLIFTON LEE TART
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1946 – February 28, 1966
Service recordClifton Lee Tart, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 29, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 91
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE SIMSCorporal · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LESTER HOWARD CLEGGSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 85
- MARSHALL JESSIEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 86
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 87
- BRENT A MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 88
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 89
- MICHAEL DENNIS PLISKAPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 90
- CARTER LEE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 92
- CHARLIE M YOUNGSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 92
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.