Clifton Cubbage
Private First Class
B CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Bowers Beach, Delaware
June 25, 1947 to May 16, 1968
CLIFTON CUBBAGE is on the Wall at Panel 61E, Line 8

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 Clifton Cubbage
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22 Oct 2004

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Photo courtesy of his niece, Kathryn Killen

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
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5th Infantry
Placed by a fellow Bobcat,
Randy Kethcart
randy@bobcat.ws

 
23 Nov 2006

It appears that a road in Bowers Beach was named in his honor. As a resident of Bowers Beach, I've often wondered how the name came to be. Now I understand that it was a result of the sacrifice made by this young man.

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A Note from The Virtual Wall

Five men from B Company, 1/5 Infantry, were killed during a night action on 16 May 1968; at least 14 others from the Battalion were wounded. The dead were
  • SGT Daniel L. Underwood, Pisgah, AL
  • PFC Clifton Cubbage, Bowers Beach, DE
  • PFC Henry J. Kirchner, Louisville, KY
  • PFC Louie J. Sandoval, Oakland, CA
  • PFC Paul E. Watson, Baltimore, MD

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