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ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – March 10, 1966
Service recordAlan Michael Tanguay, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 135
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- OWEN FRED MCCANNSergeant · March 10, 1966
- FREDERICK PRICESpecialist Four · March 10, 1966
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- ROGER HOWARD SPARKSSergeant · May 3, 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.