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ALAN DANCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1947 – September 16, 1966
Service recordAlan Dance, of New York, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 100
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 100
- EVERETT LEE BRACKETTPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- BENJAMIN ALBIN CHITKOGunnery Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
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.