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ALENN MERRITT TATE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1944 – January 26, 1966
Service recordAlenn Merritt Tate, of Dare, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Dare, Virginia (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
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.