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MANCOL RAYMOND CLIFTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1930 – December 18, 1968
Service recordMancol Raymond Clifton, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 39
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- June 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 39
- ROGER ALLEN BROWNCorporal · December 18, 1968
- NORMAN HARVEY CLARKSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- RICKY FAY COSSEYSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- CHARLES MARION DUMDEIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.