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ALEXANDER MARTIN SLUSSEAR
Major · U.S. Army
October 19, 1931 – August 16, 1968
Service recordAlexander Martin Slussear, of Moosic, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Moosic, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 24
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CUMBRYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ELLIOTT LEO DECORAPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JAMES CAROL DICKERSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LEONARDISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 27
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.