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ALEXANDER JOHN URBAN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – July 10, 1969
Service recordAlexander John Urban JR, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 96
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 96
- ROBIN KIRMEYER WETZLERFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- OSCAR LEE WHITEStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- RICHARD HARRY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE KROMPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 94
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.