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DONALD GORDON RADCLIFF
Major · U.S. Army
January 4, 1928 – August 18, 1965
Service recordDonald Gordon Radcliff, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 4, 1928
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 59
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 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.