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MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 23, 1948 – November 20, 1968
Service recordMichael William Clifford, of Uncasville, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Construction Equipment Operator (62J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 572 ENG CO USARV
- Born
- June 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Uncasville, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 15
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- TERRY W CLIFTONSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- CLAUDE COLE JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
From Uncasville
- EDWARD ROBERT HANSENSergeant · May 31, 1966
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · March 10, 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.