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ALEC HENRY HORN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1947 – January 16, 1969
Service recordAlec Henry Horn, of New Berlin, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- New Berlin, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 15
- FREDRICK LEE HOLDERSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- DAVID LEE HOLDREDGEPetty Officer Second Class · January 16, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS LAPANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1969
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1969
From New Berlin
- JAMES WILLIAMS WASHKUHNLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN MELLONCorporal · August 26, 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.