Clifton Cubbage

Private First Class
B CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
25 June 1947 - 16 May 1968
Bowers Beach, Delaware
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25 INF DIV

5TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Clifton Cubbage

22 Oct 2004

Clifton Cubbage
Photo courtesy of his niece, Kathryn Killen

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
5th Inf Rgt

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


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a fellow Bobcat,
Randy Kethcart
randy@bobcat.ws



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 22 Oct 2004
Last updated 01/04/2007