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HAROLD JOHN CLIFFORD
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordHarold John Clifford, of Daly City, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 3
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Daly City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 3
- HOWARD EARL BURDICKStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- GEORGE WALLACE BURRCorporal · May 26, 1968
- RUDY CARDENASPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- GEORGE LEE COBBPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
From Daly City
- RONALD LEE BELKNAPCorporal · August 8, 1966
- GLEN MARK MORRISONPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MOLOSSILance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD KOLLMANNCommander · March 12, 1968
- SHERRICK CAMDEN BRITTONPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- EMIL HAROLD SMEVOLDPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- DONALD CHARLES BOSBERYFirst Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- HENRY DANIEL BELL JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
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.