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ALAN ROGER HOSNEDLE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1945 – March 12, 1969
Service recordAlan Roger Hosnedle, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 20
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 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 20
- EDWARD JOHN HAUGENCorporal · March 12, 1969
- PAUL HOWARD JACKSON JRCorporal · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN A JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1969
- NORMAN SHELDON SALIMANCaptain · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EARL SPENCER SNYDERCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 24
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.