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ALAN EDWARD SINGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – May 4, 1969
Service recordAlan Edward Singer, of Shawano, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Shawano, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 2
- DON LEWIS ROSSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- BILLY RAY STUBBSSergeant · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD DONALD SWEETPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD TABOR JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- RUSSELL WADE EADSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 110
- FRANCISCO VILLANUEVA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 3
From Shawano
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- BRUCE JOHN GUEXCorporal · March 6, 1969
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.