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ALAN DENNIS CURTIS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
July 13, 1948 – December 6, 1969
Service recordAlan Dennis Curtis, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 31
- JOE WITHERSPOONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1969
- FLOYD JACKSON BANKSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
- FOSTER CRANMERSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
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.