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MICHAEL JAMES CLIFFORD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
May 13, 1946 – June 13, 1967
Service recordMichael James Clifford, of Avoca, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 13, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- May 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Avoca, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 96
- GARY LEE TAYLORSpecialist Five · June 12, 1967
- ROGER LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- WENDELL LOUIL CARTERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO CHOPPERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
From Avoca
- DANIEL ROBERT ROMANKOSpecialist Four · September 27, 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.