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TERRY W CLIFTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1948 – November 20, 1968
Service recordTerry W Clifton, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 15
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM CLIFFORDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- CLAUDE COLE JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WILBERT EVANE COLEMANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 16
- ARTHUR J HERINGHAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 18
- GARY DON PAGANSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 19
- MICHAEL DEAN REIFFSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 20
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 21
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.