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ALAN MURRAY HORN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1945 – June 29, 1969
Service recordAlan Murray Horn, of Lakewood, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Lakewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 33
- ELGIN JOHN JURIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- FREDRICK ALLEN LISIEWSKIPetty Officer Second Class · June 29, 1969
- HERBERT JAMES LOTTESSpecialist Four · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ERNEST DOPPSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 32
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 34
- DANIEL LEE TERRYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 35
From Lakewood
- JOHN BLOCKER MECKELLance Corporal · February 9, 1966
- LEONARD JAMES CHISLOCKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MARSHALL R SMITHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- PAUL JAMES HARRISONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- CHARLES MIKE CASTILLOLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT MARSHALLCorporal · November 19, 1967
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
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.