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CLIFTON WRIGHT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 10, 1933 – March 10, 1970
Service recordClifton Wright, of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 10, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 109
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 10, 1933
- Home of record
- Pawleys Island, South Carolina (Georgetown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 109
- STEPHEN ARTHUR SPIERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- MARCELINO VARGAS JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- EDWARD F YAPSUGA JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE STEPHEN BARTLETTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
From Pawleys Island
- JAMES MERTON EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 8, 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.