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ALEXANDER WILLIAM DUPLESSIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1951 – July 15, 1971
Service recordAlexander William Duplessie, of Millersburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 108
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Millersburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER CORWIN COOKPrivate · July 15, 1971
- JAMES MARCELL DICKEYSpecialist Five · July 15, 1971
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
From Millersburg
- CLEON LARRY SCHREFFLERCorporal · May 3, 1967
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.