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ADELL ARIE ALSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1944 – June 24, 1966
Service recordAdell Arie Alston, of Pittsboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Pittsboro, North Carolina (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 83
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · June 23, 1966
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD CARTHEL ESTESChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8E, Line 84
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BOBBY JOE JAMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE P LEBRUNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 89
- DELMAS SHERWOOD TOWNSENDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8E, Line 89
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Pittsboro
- JAMES WILLIAM FLYNT IIISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH HADLEYLance Corporal · December 6, 1968
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.