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LAYNE FARELL CLIFTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1945 – May 9, 1967
Service recordLayne Farell Clifton, of Lakeview, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 70
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Lakeview, Oregon (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 70
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- MERL THOMAS DUNN JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE L FANTPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Lakeview
- JAMES BLAIN CARLSONStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR SHEERCorporal · March 28, 1971
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.