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CLIFTON WINNINGHAM
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1930 – March 5, 1966
Service recordClifton Winningham, of Junction City, Kansas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Junction City, Kansas (Geary County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 126
- LLOYD CALVERIA WILSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD GRAHAMPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- GREGORY JAMES MONROEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 112
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · Panel 5E, Line 113
- ROBERT MALUENDA CALIBOSOCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 114
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 116
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 117
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 118
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
- DANNY A NETHSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 121
- RICHARD E NUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- DENNIS ROYAL ORTWINEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY PAGESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 122
- MACK DONALD STAINBACK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 125
From Junction City
- JOHN JUNIOR DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1965
- GERALD BRUCE EVANSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- DAVE RUSSELL SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · August 12, 1968
- JOHN OLIVER BAUGHMANSergeant · April 19, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE HARRISSergeant First Class · September 4, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.