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ALAN TIMOTHY GEE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 30, 1950 – October 17, 1969
Service recordAlan Timothy Gee, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1969
- 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
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 86
- RICHARD THOMAS WILKINSONSpecialist Four · October 16, 1969
- DAVID JAMES BAITINGERPrivate · October 17, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE COTESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1969
- MARCAS JOSE GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1969
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 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.