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ALEXANDER TATE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – April 29, 1968
Service recordAlexander Tate JR, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 7
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ROARSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 45
- ELMO LARRY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 46
- HARLEY JOHN JENKSCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 2
- GARY LEIGH MACKSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- WILLARD ALTON PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 6
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.