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ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – September 11, 1969
Service recordAlden John Bullwinkel, of Dunellen, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Dunellen, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 66
- DONALD EUGENE STEPPSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- JERRY DEAN WHITECaptain · September 10, 1969
- LEWIS EDWARD WOODSergeant First Class · September 10, 1969
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 67
- JAMES RALPH POTTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 71
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 72
From Dunellen
- ALFRED JAMES SMITHCorporal · August 30, 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.