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ALEXANDER AUDREY AMES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 21, 1946 – October 31, 1968
Service recordAlexander Audrey Ames, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 61
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 61
- DONALD HAROLD BARTLETTSpecialist Four · October 31, 1968
- RONALD ALLEN BEARDSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- THOMAS MARTIN BEHRENSSpecialist Five · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MARTIN BEHRENSSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 61
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 67
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.