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JAMES RICHARD CLIFCORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1944 – April 14, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Clifcorn, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 25
- MORRIS BOWDOIN WITTCaptain · April 13, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- STEFFAN MICHAEL FREDSTILance Corporal · April 14, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.