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CLIFTON LEROY BACON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1944 – May 5, 1966
Service recordClifton Leroy Bacon, of Manchester Depot, Vermont, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Petroleum Storage Specialist (56C)
- Born
- January 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Manchester Depot, Vermont (Bennington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 29
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- EUGENE CHRISCOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- JOEL DANIEL COLEMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JAMES DAWESSergeant First Class · May 5, 1966
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.