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ALAN ATTARIAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 29, 1948 – September 16, 1969
Service recordAlan Attarian, of Teaneck, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Refrigeration Specialist (51L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Teaneck, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANTHONY MEYERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- THEODORE LEONARD WYKOFFStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR BENNETTSpecialist Four · September 16, 1969
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · September 16, 1969
From Teaneck
- JAMES R TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- GREGORY ALTON WATSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1967
- DENNIS STEPHEN GLEASONPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- SIGARD RICHARD GRIMSTADPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- STEVEN GEORGE RAMSEYFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1968
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- RICHARD IRVING BRENNERCorporal · April 13, 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.