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ROBERT HARRISON CLIFTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – October 23, 1971
Service recordRobert Harrison Clifton, of Arnold, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 49
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Arnold, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 49
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1971
- WALTER CHARLES FRISBIESpecialist Five · October 23, 1971
- LONNIE WAYNE MITCHELLSpecialist Four · October 23, 1971
- ANTHONY PETER QUINTCaptain · October 23, 1971
From Arnold
- THOMAS ALBERT BADGERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- GARY PATRICK HADLEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- GARY ALLEN BULLERDICKChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 4, 1970
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.