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ALAN FRANCIS ANGELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 10, 1949 – July 20, 1968
Service recordAlan Francis Angell, of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Uxbridge, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 16
- RAYMOND ALBERT YOUNGChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 19, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · July 20, 1968
- WILLIS J BILLEAUD JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES OHMSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 20
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.