Clifford W. Nelson served in the U.S. Army.
Deputy Sheriff Clifford Nelson was killed in an airplane crash during a search and rescue mission for a missing person. The plane was being used to search for a man who had gone missing while hunting in the Santa Catalina Mountains. The plane crashed into the Cañada del Oro approximatley four miles east of the Oracle Road. Deputy Nelson and the other three occupants were killed in the crash. Deputy Nelson was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and had served with the Pima County Sheriff's Department for 14 months.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Deputy Sheriff Nelson gave the Pima County Sheriff's Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Tucson community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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