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ALANSON GARLAND BYNUM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 18, 1933 – March 23, 1967
Service recordAlanson Garland Bynum, of Uvalde, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 27
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Uvalde, Texas (Uvalde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 27
- RONALD EUGENE BOHONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BRYARLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROY WARNER CHAMBERLAIN JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- PAUL AMES CONROY JRMaster Sergeant · March 23, 1967
From Uvalde
- RAYMUNDO GOMEZStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1967
- JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- REYNALDO SANDOVAL TORRESPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- GUILLERMO DELEON JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- JUAN ANTUPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ALBERTO VASQUEZ SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JUAN FRANCISCO ARANDALance Corporal · October 30, 1970
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.