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ALAN RUSSELL GUYMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – April 5, 1968
Service recordAlan Russell Guymon, of Lomita, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 16
- LARRY RAYMOND CREECYSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · April 5, 1968
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHESTER BOBPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- JOHN CHARLES HAVLICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 17
- GARY ARTHUR RHODESSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 19
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 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.