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CLINTON E CROFFORD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1931 – June 29, 1967
Service recordClinton E Crofford, of Russellville, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 82
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Russellville, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 82
- FREDDIE LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM IVOR TENNEY BACONStaff Sergeant · June 29, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE BOYERCorporal · June 29, 1967
- JERRY RAY CARTERLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE LEE ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 82
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 84
- HERBERT SHERRILLSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 85
- WILLIAM A TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 86
From Russellville
- ROBERT LEWIS MCGEE JRSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE WILLISSergeant · June 26, 1969
- DENNIS LAVERNE ENGLISHPrivate · August 21, 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.