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CLIFTON SPILLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 24, 1942 – September 28, 1968
Service recordClifton Spiller, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 37
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 37
- FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSESpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- CARL RICHARD USSERYSergeant · September 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MARTIN VALENTINEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.