The Wall › Panel 66E › Louisiana › Clifton Pearce Moak
CLIFTON PEARCE MOAK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1943 – May 23, 1968
Service recordClifton Pearce Moak, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 11
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 11
- RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JRSpecialist Four · May 23, 1968
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.