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ALAN RAY BRESNAHAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – June 12, 1969
Service recordAlan Ray Bresnahan, of Dorchester, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 30
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Iowa (Allamakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 30
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL BARNETTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN PAUL BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 30
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.