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ALAN BEDROCK
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 28, 1970
Service recordAlan Bedrock, of Fords, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Fords, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANDREW PAUL SUSISpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WHITE JRCaptain · May 27, 1970
- WAYNE LEROY YINGER JRCorporal · May 27, 1970
- JOHN ROYLE ANDERSSergeant · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 114
- JOHN HOLT PARHAM IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 115
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 119
From Fords
- VICTOR GEORGE MIKASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- PAUL WAYNE HANDERHANLance Corporal · April 25, 1970
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.