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ALAN MARTIN BERNSTEIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – March 21, 1969
Service recordAlan Martin Bernstein, of Flushing, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 95
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 95
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD BOLTONLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 3
- KELLY PATRICK VAUGHNCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 5
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.