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ALAN CRAIG SHROYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1947 – March 4, 1967
Service recordAlan Craig Shroyer, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 18
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 18
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- FRANK EVERETT REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- FRANK DAVID WILEYMajor · March 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY BERRYCaptain · March 5, 1967
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
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.