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CLIFTON P WHEELHOUSE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1950 – April 1, 1970
Service recordClifton P Wheelhouse JR, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 77
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 77
- VENTER BLYTHE NOEL VANDESpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- WILLIAM PENN WALL IIISecond Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- CASEY OWEN WALLERSergeant · April 1, 1970
- DAVID WELCHCorporal · April 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARTER WAYNE DOWDStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 66
- ROBERT GENE FLOYDSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 67
- DAVID WELCHCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 77
- THOMAS EDWARD WILSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 78
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 78
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
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.