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ALAN LEE DIEDRICKSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1944 – July 2, 1967
Service recordAlan Lee Diedricksen, of Darien, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Darien, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 100
- ARTHUR EMILE DEMERS JRCorporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID JOHN DERUEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOHERTYSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
From Darien
- JOHN BROOKS SHERMANCaptain · March 25, 1966
- JOHN BENNETT GEISEN JRSergeant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES STEPHEN MCARTHURLance Corporal · June 25, 1967
- DAVID IVES MIXTERSergeant · January 29, 1971
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.