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WILLIAM A CLIFTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 29, 1946 – June 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam A Clifton, of Harrisburg, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 3
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Asphalt Equipment Operator (62D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 51 ENG PLT 589 ENG BN 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Arkansas (Poinsett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 3
- LAWRENCE JACKSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
- TIMOTHY L MCLEANSergeant · June 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD NIEHAUSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1968
- MARK PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1968
From Harrisburg
- JAMES ERLAN TEAGUELieutenant · November 19, 1967
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.