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ALAN LEE BRACKEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – January 25, 1970
Service recordAlan Lee Bracken, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 64
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- NORMAN ROY EVERETTSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
- KENNETH FRIERSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- BENJAMIN GARCIACorporal · January 25, 1970
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.