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ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1937 – July 7, 1968
Service recordAlain Joseph Tremblay, of Hempstead, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Hempstead, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53W, Line 40
- THOMAS THOMAS SPRINKLESpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
- ROGER LEE STROUDCorporal · July 7, 1968
- JOSEPH EUGENE THOMASPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- RUSSELL DEAN WAKEPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
From Hempstead
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- HARRY EDWARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JOHN ZUPANPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD MASON JRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1968
- JOHN GERARD COULON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
- WILLIAM RONALD LARKINPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- DONALD ARTHUR LAPESFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · September 8, 1969
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.