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ALAN DALE HAVENS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1945 – January 12, 1969
Service recordAlan Dale Havens, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 77
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 77
- LAWTON ARVIL KEENERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL KELLYSergeant · January 12, 1969
- DONALD RAY LUCASPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- ANTHONY PRESTON NASHCorporal · January 12, 1969
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.