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ALEXANDER TSIROS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 1, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordAlexander Tsiros, of Lakewood, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 24
- ALLEN LEE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- PAUL THORIK JRCorporal · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD J VIERHELLER JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LEE FRISBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 12
- EDDIE AUGUSTUS GARDNERCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- MARCELLO C GARZA JRCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
- PAUL LYNN MILLERSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 18
- ROLLIE MELVIN NORTHOUSECorporal · Panel 53E, Line 19
- JOHNNIE GENE REIDSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- MICHAEL EUGENE SANTOSSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 22
- ALFRED MELVIN WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 26
From Lakewood
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- RANDOLPH SCOTT HUTCHINSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JOHN MARK ZEHNDERSpecialist Four · September 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES PASTVALance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- MICHEAL ALLEN MIKITISGunnery Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- GERALD JAMES WINCHCaptain · March 15, 1968
- DAVID KEITH CHAHOCFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT COOKCorporal · December 27, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK KILBANECorporal · February 6, 1969
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
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.