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JON IRVING CLIFFORD
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1941 – March 9, 1966
Service recordJon Irving Clifford, of Hallowell, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 9, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 130
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Hallowell, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 130
- NOLAN FRANKLIN DREWRYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
- HUGH WALLACE MERRILLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1966
- RAYMOND ALLENSergeant First Class · March 9, 1966
- FRANCIS THOMAS CLARKINSergeant · March 9, 1966
From Hallowell
- MALCOLM ARTHUR AVORELieutenant · July 18, 1965
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · January 20, 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.