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ALAN ASHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – May 12, 1969
Service recordAlan Asher, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 44 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 59
- JOSE JESUS AGUILLONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL AMICKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MICHAEL AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 59
- ALFRED BARNESLieutenant Colonel · Panel 25W, Line 60
- ROBERT LE RHEA COWAN IIISergeant · Panel 25W, Line 64
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 65
- ROBERT EUGENE GRETHSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 69
- WILLIAM CAMPBELL KNAUSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 74
- WILLIAM LEE LUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 76
- MICHAEL JOHN MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 78
- WILLIAM ERIC SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 83
- RICHARD DEAN SHANNON JRCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 84
- JAMES RODNEY SOWERSSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 85
- MICHAEL RAYMOND TUCKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 25W, Line 89
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 91
- JOSEPH WILBERT WOODARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 91
- ROGER EDSON WOOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 92
- JOHN MARSHALL YEATTSCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 92
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.