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ALAN WAYNE MEDIATE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1949 – August 12, 1969
Service recordAlan Wayne Mediate, of Riverside, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Riverside, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 8
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
From Riverside
- JOHN JOSEPH PALMIERIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAY WEBSTER STULLCaptain · February 28, 1968
- JEFFREY SANDERS TIGNERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM W MEISEL JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 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.