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ALAN MICHAEL ROYSTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 15, 1949 – February 24, 1969
Service recordAlan Michael Royston, of Mazomanie, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Mazomanie, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 39
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · February 24, 1969
- JOSE R OVERMAN-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- MARVIN LEROY POSPISILCorporal · February 24, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE PRICESergeant · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 35
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.