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ALEXANDER FEDOROFF
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1944 – February 20, 1968
Service recordAlexander Fedoroff, of San Francisco, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1944
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 38
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- RAY D CROPPERSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ROGER BODINCorporal · Panel 40E, Line 36
- VINCENT BERTRAM PARKHURSTSergeant First Class · Panel 40E, Line 46
- ALBERT CLARENCE WOODS JRSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 49
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.