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MICHAEL DUANE CLICKNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – April 11, 1970
Service recordMichael Duane Clickner, of Wabasha, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Wabasha, Minnesota (Wabasha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 122
- WAYNE ALDEN BLOMSTROMSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- JOHN CLIFFORD CHAVESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- JIMMY RAY HIGDONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY GILBERT RUYBALCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 125
- ROSENDO FLORES SILBASPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 125
From Wabasha
- RICHARD ARNOLD CARLSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
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.