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ALAN MACDONALD STURDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1945 – July 2, 1967
Service recordAlan Macdonald Sturdy, of Redwood City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 116
- RAYMOND EDWARD STERRYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- PETER GEORGE TALMON IIILance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- MALCOLM FAIRCHILD TASSEYFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER HUNTER FRIESNERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 101
- DAVID BRUCE KLINEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 107
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
- STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUECorporal · October 16, 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.