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CLIFTON TANKSLEY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 3, 1931 – December 7, 1967
Service recordClifton Tanksley, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 61
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 3, 1931
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 61
- ROBERT W TEWKSBURYCorporal · December 7, 1967
- FREDRICK WELTON TODDPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- CHARLES CHESTER WILCOXWarrant Officer 1 · December 7, 1967
- LARRY A WINSLOWSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.