The Wall › Panel 17W › Michigan › Alex Roy Mosher
ALEX ROY MOSHER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 30, 1949 – October 8, 1969
Service recordAlex Roy Mosher, of Deckerville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 51
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Deckerville, Michigan (Sanilac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 51
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- FARRIS ELDON MAYPrivate First Class · October 8, 1969
- LESTER MCCABESergeant First Class · October 8, 1969
- LARRY RAY OWENSPetty Officer Second Class · October 8, 1969
From Deckerville
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
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.