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WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1946 – October 24, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Clifford, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 18
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 18
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 1970
- RICHARD LEE TATESergeant · October 23, 1970
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 1970
- JERRY STEVENSON FORDSpecialist Four · October 24, 1970
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.