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ALFRED ALAN GATES
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordAlfred Alan Gates, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 78
- STANLEY DALE FARROSergeant · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD B GARRETTSergeant First Class · February 7, 1969
- RAYMOND EDWARD GLOVERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
- ORVILLE EDWARD HILLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 77
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 80
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
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.